Sapphire Central, Australia
The Piano Tuner’s Grave
A grave commemorates piano tuner F. W. Schlieffen, who drowned in floodwaters in 1906.
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Sapphire Central, Australia
A grave commemorates piano tuner F. W. Schlieffen, who drowned in floodwaters in 1906.
Cambridge, England
This hill is all that remains of Cambridge’s former castle.
London, England
A living lighting fixture.
Kagoshima, Japan
This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.
Valletta, Malta
Valletta’s outdoor theatre stands within the ruins of a 19th-century opera house.
Petaluma, California
A public art installation featuring clawfoot bathtubs on stilts sparks admiration and controversy from locals.
Xagħra, Malta
Local legend associates this large limestone chunk with a giantess, but archeologists say it may be the remains of a neolithic burial chamber.
London, England
Celebrating the man behind the Mangrove, a restaurant that became a crucial hub for Black activism in London.
Victoria, Malta
These clocks tell time in a theological sense.
Panaji, India
This 16th-century cannon is thought to be the oldest piece of forge-welded wrought iron in India.
Rifle, Colorado
You might want to bring a rain jacket to this travertine triple waterfall.
Culross, Scotland
The final resting place of three children, infected with the Black Death, who all died on the same day.
Kagoshima, Japan
Once a year, these 'visitor deities' chase away evil spirits with a phallic-shaped staff.
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France
This ancient Roman town was revered for the healing waters of its sacred spring.
Tokyo, Japan
A monument marking the first airplane flights in Japan hints at the dark history behind its peaceful park setting.
Malden, West Virginia
This fourth-generation family business is reviving West Virginia's historic tradition of salt-making.
Tukwila, Washington
An extraordinary collection of aircraft and spacecraft on display at the original site of the Boeing Company.
Tholey, Germany
Germany’s oldest monastery has origins dating back to the 7th century.
London, England
A building claimed to be London’s smallest house has an obscure history.
Montreal, Québec
This boulder commemorates thousands of Irish immigrants that were victims of "ship fever."
Tokyo, Japan
Walls of VHS tapes adorn this Golden Gai B horror movie themed bar.
Glasgow, Scotland
Here you can see more than 100 years of Scotland’s history captured by amateur and professional filmmakers.
Margate, England
Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.
Rievaulx, England
This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.