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Oakwood Hospital
Permanently Closed

Maidstone, England

Kent County Lunatic Asylum (Oakwood Hospital)

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

Dog Collar Museum

Hollingbourne, England

Dog Collar Museum

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

Rochester Castle

Rochester, England

Rochester Castle

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

The sculpture.

Woking, England

'The Martian'

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

Bridge featured on the €200 note.

Spijkenisse, Netherlands

Spijkenisser Eurobruggen (Euro Banknote Bridges)

The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.

Tambomachay

Cusco, Peru

Tambomachay

An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?

Coricancha

Cusco, Peru

Coricancha

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

Aifur

Stockholm, Sweden

Aifur

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

West Kruiskade Teapot

Rotterdam, Netherlands

West Kruiskade Teapot

A huge teapot illuminates a home for the elderly.

Cusco Cathedral

Cusco, Peru

Cusco Cathedral

Situated on a sacred Inca site, this 16th-century cathedral took nearly 100 years to build.

Kala Bhairava at Kathmandu Durbar Square

Kathmandu, Nepal

Kathmandu Durbar Square

This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.

Quiver Tree Forest.

Keetmanshoop, Namibia

Quiver Tree Forest

A rare cluster of alien-like plants grows along a dusty highway.

Puente Nuevo.

Ronda, Spain

Puente Nuevo

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

The Pashupatinath Temple

Kathmandu, Nepal

The Pashupatinath Temple

The oldest Hindu temple complex in Nepal serves as the seat of Nepal’s national deity, Lord Pashupatinath.

Trellick Tower

London, England

Trellick Tower

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

A Chinese water dragon at Kew Gardens.

London, England

Water Dragons of Kew Gardens

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

Ice cream on North Parade in Matlock Bath.

Matlock Bath, England

Matlock Bath

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

Central Electric Ruins.

Ronda, Spain

Central Electric Ruins

The hidden ruins of an old hydroelectric plant reclaimed by nature.

A pair of parakeets in a tree, London.

London, England

London's Rose-Ringed Parakeets

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

The museum exterior.

Ypres, Belgium

In Flanders Fields Museum

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Waterloopbos.

Marknesse, Netherlands

Waterloopbos

This former hydraulic laboratory is now a woodland dotted with old engineering models.

Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Akureyri, Iceland

Akureyri Heart-Shaped Traffic Lights

Instead of solid circles, the stoplights in this northern Icelandic town have glowing red hearts.

Details.

London, England

The Burney Relief

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

Mathematical Bridge.

Cambridge, England

Mathematical Bridge

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

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