Sparta, Greece
Magoula Cemetery
Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.
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Sparta, Greece
Modernist design and funerary customs meet Spartan traditions in this one-of-a-kind graveyard.
Birmingham, England
A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.
Widcombe, England
Victorian-era cemetery full of interesting local history among the graves.
Vinh An, Vietnam
A cityscape of burial tombs that you can easily lose yourself in.
Città del Vaticano, Vatican City
The secret centuries-old German cemetery in the heart of the Vatican.
Bradford, England
A Victorian-era cemetery serves as a window into the city of Bradford’s past.
Florence, Italy
Many famous English poets including Elizabeth Barrett Browning are laid to rest at this Swiss-owned cemetery in Florence.
San Sebastián, Spain
The forest hides a cemetery where members of the British Legion rest in peace.
Berlin, Germany
Along the banks of the Teltow Canal in southwestern Berlin stands one of the city’s most controversial buildings, a hulking Brutalist laboratory that looks more like a warship than a research facility.
Glasgow, Scotland
A tongue-in-cheek marker at the place where Robert Barr supposedly created Scotland’s favorite soft drink.
Valencia, Spain
Across Valencia lie the remains of three ancient fortifications built centuries apart: a Roman enclosure, an Islamic expansion, and a medieval Christian wall.
Panamá City, Panama
A museum celebrating mola textiles, the intricate art of the Guna people of Panama.
Halifax, England
This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.
Ecclerigg, England
These curious rocks located in the Lake District include several strange inscriptions of famous names.
Berlin, Germany
Art and concrete merge into a single entity within a WWII bunker that possesses a deeply storied and turbulent history.
Stratford, New Zealand
This mechanical clock performs "Romeo and Juliet" in a Shakespeare-themed New Zealand town.
Gwynedd, Wales
In a boatyard near Aberdyfi is a nautically inspired work of art.
Bârsana, Romania
The most impressive example of contemporary Romanian architecture in wood
Edinburgh, Scotland
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
Halifax, England
This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).
Edinburgh, Scotland
These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.