Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Pilgrims Way to Holy Island
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
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Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Waterloo, England
A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.
Ely, England
A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.
Hereford, England
The largest known medieval map of the world.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
Alnwick, England
This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Pateley Bridge, England
The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Alnwick, England
This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Winchester, England
Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.
Flossenbürg, Germany
A preserved Nazi labor camp now has a Holocaust museum on site and memorials to the thousands that died while imprisoned at the camp.
Jáchymov, Czechia
Dedicated to the history of mining and minting in a region rich in silver and radium.
Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czechia
Heralded as one of the prettiest castles in all of Czechia.
Třeboň, Czechia
In the town of Třeboň, carp is king.
Prague, Czechia
Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.
Jáchymov, Czechia
Visitors flock to the historic birthplace of radiobalneology for its therapeutic radium treatments.
Děčín, Czechia
When the river dries up, these stones start talking.