Llandudno, Wales
Great Orme Tramway
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
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Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Glasgow, Scotland
A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Liverpool, England
A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.
Glasgow, Scotland
Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.
Glasgow, Scotland
The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.
Glasgow, Scotland
The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.
Glasgow, Scotland
This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Blackpool, England
A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.
Preston, England
Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.
Liverpool, England
The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St Johns Precinct and Market.
Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.
Budapest, Hungary
Museum dedicated to the terror regimes of Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.
Budapest, Hungary
A fake Transylvanian castle houses a cathedral of antlers.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Budapest, Hungary
Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.
Budapest, Hungary
A statue in Budapest's Liberty Square honors the former U.S. president's efforts to end the Cold War.
Budapest, Hungary
Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.
Budapest, Hungary
Sitting beneath an unremarkable residential building is a museum devoted to classic Pinball.
Budapest, Hungary
The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.