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The People’s Treasure

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

The People’s Treasure

Cool Soviet-era public sculpture outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Chuy Ave.

Crooked House

Canterbury, England

Crooked House

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

The rook in the red coat.

Canterbury, England

The Rook in the Red Coat

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge exterior.

Canterbury, England

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury, England

The Great Cloister and Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Aphra Behn Statue

Canterbury, England

Aphra Behn Statue

This statue honors the groundbreaking writer for being the first female to support herself solely through her writing, as well as her time as a spy

Geoffrey Chaucer Statue

Canterbury, England

Geoffrey Chaucer Statue

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

Rozafa Castle

Shkodër, Albania

Rozafa Castle

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

Lock-in tower of Theth

Theth, Albania

Lock-In Tower of Theth

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

War Memorial in Ulcinj

Ulcinj, Montenegro

War Memorial in Ulcinj

On top of a resort town as old as the Bronze Age sits an incredible war memorial statue overlooking the beaches below.

Sveti Stefan

Sveti Stefan, Montenegro

Sveti Stefan

This exclusive resort has completely covered a tiny Balkan island in a 5-star warren of guest rooms.

Our Lady of the Rocks

Montenegro

Our Lady of the Rocks

A tiny church on a man-made island in the Adriatic.

Kotor kitty

Kotor, Montenegro

Cats Museum

A curious little museum dedicated to the furry feline in the cat haven that is Old Town Kotor.

Risan Roman Mosaics

Risan, Montenegro

Risan Roman Mosaics

The only known mosaic depicting the Greek god of sleep, Hypnos.

The wall at the Bay of Kotor

Kotor, Montenegro

Fortifications of Kotor

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Essaouira

Essaouira, Morocco

Medina of Essaouira

Why trying to get lost in the old quarters of Essaouira may be harder than you think

Thor's Cave seen from the Manifold Valley floor

England

Thor's Cave

This cave is the burial site of at least seven people and was occupied for over a thousand years.

This restaurant celebrates a country that only existed for a few weeks.

Košice, Slovakia

The Republic of the East

Pay your respects to a country that only existed for a few weeks.

Gingerbread Town

Downham Market, England

Gingerbread Town

Downham Market, Norfolk, is called Gingerbread Town because of its distinctive architecture. Do not confuse it with Market Drayton in Shropshire, which is actually famous for its manufacturing of gingerbread

Angel of Užupis

Vilnius, Lithuania

Angel of Užupis

An angel that hatched from an egg!

Burgh Castle Roman Fort

Burgh Castle, England

Burgh Castle Roman Fort

Some of Britain's best-preserved Roman walls, above the Waveney marshes

The Abbey Gate

Bury St Edmunds, England

The Abbey Gate

The grand 14th-century gateway to the lost abbey of St Edmund

The Ship of Doom at sundown

Skopje, North Macedonia

The Ship of Doom

A tragic legacy of the attempt to beautify Skopje and line the pockets of corrupt politicians

The Cage of Shame

Levoča, Slovakia

Levoča Cage of Shame

Too much gossip or just missing curfew could land you in here for a couple of days.

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