Dunbar, Scotland
Belhaven Bridge
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
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Dunbar, Scotland
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Saint Abbs, Scotland
One of four sister bronze sculptures dedicated to the widows and orphans of an 1881 tragedy.
Highland, Scotland
This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.
Highland, Scotland
An abandoned village where the ruined foundations cling to a cliff.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Dunnet, Scotland
The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.
Durness, Scotland
A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past
Inverkeithing, Scotland
A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.
Belchite, Spain
A site where “the ravages of the war are more striking…than any other place in contemporary Spain.”
Berrioplano, Spain
This huge abandoned fortress hidden inside a mountain holds a world of subterranean secrets.
Bilbao, Spain
Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A dramatic art installation features a BMW flying out of a building in Rotterdam.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
The oldest statue in the Netherlands has survived relocation, bombardment, and burial.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Prestonpans, Scotland
Journey through one of the oldest industrial sites in Scotland.
Boroughbridge, England
At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.
Thirsk, England
England's largest white horse isn't even white.
Beamish, England
Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.
Sunderland, England
Home of the infamous Cauld Lad of Hylton and one of the inspirations behind "Alice" in Sunderland.