London, England
Cabmen’s Shelter in Russell Square
Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.
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London, England
Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.
Antwerp, Belgium
Rare wooden escalators lead deep down into an otherwise staggeringly monotonous tiled tunnel.
Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
Varanasi, India
Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Worthington, England
This old village lock-up is known as the "round house," but it is actually octagonal.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.
Keelung City, Taiwan
A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.
Coventry, England
Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
The world's only bushplane museum captures the spirit of the early planes and pilots and their contributions to northern life in Canada.
Göttingen, Germany
Home to the world’s oldest seismograph and a four-ton steel ball that makes its own earthquakes.
Seattle, Washington
This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.
Whatstandwell, England
Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Kuopio, Finland
A stick-sprouting statue watching a duo of disembodied dancing deities.
Sasso di Castalda, Italy
Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.
Raisen, India
A giant repository of accidentally discovered cave paintings up to 30,000 years old.
Helsinki, Finland
This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.
Cork, Ireland
A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.
L'Agulhas, South Africa
This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.
Bremerton, Washington
The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.
Lagoudera, Cyprus
Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.
Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.