Edinburgh, Scotland
Mons Meg
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Paisley, Scotland
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
Liverpool, England
The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cat art as far as the eye can see.
Marseille, France
This modern museum of Mediterranean culture is surrounded by a surreal concrete honeycomb.
Porto, Portugal
A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Porto, Portugal
This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.
Porto, Portugal
Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
This giant sculpture made of trash is a critique of society's wastefulness.
Preston, England
A harrowing sculpture commemorates the four people shot down during the workers strike of 1842.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
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.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
Waterloo, England
A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.