Swindon, England
Hackpen White Horse
England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.
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Swindon, England
England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.
Marlborough, England
One of the smaller hillside chalk horses was designed and cut in by a group of local students in 1804.
Pewsey, England
This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Rowde, England
This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.
Devizes, England
In 1999, a new equine figure was cut into this English hillside near the site where an older white horse had previously appeared.
Marlborough, England
It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.
Wilmington, England
This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.
East Sussex, England
This mysterious chalk figure of a horse has been recreated and restored for more than a century.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
East Sussex, England
England's most notorious suicide spot.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Dungeness, England
An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.
Folkestone, England
One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.
Nieuwpoort, Belgium
A massive, gleaming sea turtle with a rider atop its shell looks out over the horizon.
Charleroi, Belgium
This former coal mine, now a fascinating museum, was the site of Belgium's worst mining disaster.
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Tintin's creator is celebrated in an immersive museum that's an astounding work of modern art.
Walhain, Belgium
This metal monument marking the middle of Belgium represents three regions coming together to form one country.
Genappe, Belgium
A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.
Münster, Germany
Cages that once displayed the bodies of executed leaders hang from a German church tower.
Schonach im Schwarzwald, Germany
A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.