Grantham, England
Woolsthorpe Manor
Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.
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Grantham, England
Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.
Cork, Ireland
An important landmark in the history of algebraic logic.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
London, England
The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.
Melrose, Scotland
This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Leipzig, Germany
One of the most iconic neon ads of former East Germany.
Stockholm, Sweden
A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.
Liverpool, England
The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.
Weybridge, England
The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.
Brisbane, Australia
Started nearly 100 years ago, this science experiment just keeps on going, ever so slowly.
Vienna, Austria
This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.
Sark, Guernsey
The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.
Ulm, Germany
Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.
Ash-Shahaniyah, Qatar
This mix of Islamic art, vintage vehicles, weaponry, architecture, and history is an ode to eclecticism.
Doha, Qatar
This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Elegant marble and old vaults fill this historic Dutch bank turned office space.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Bruges, Belgium
You would never come across this tiny green oasis if you didn't know it existed.
Dublin, Ireland
The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.
Bonn, Germany
Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.
Bielefeld, Germany
According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.