Vienna, Austria
'Stock-im-Eisen' Nail Tree
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
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Vienna, Austria
Legends surround an ancient tree trunk riddled with nails for good luck.
Vienna, Austria
On a winding Vienna side street, one museum has turned their windows into a monument to history’s peace-minded heroes.
Vienna, Austria
These relics of the city's past now exist as a prominent modern feature.
Vienna, Austria
A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.
Vienna, Austria
The solemn exterior conceals an opulent interior of this 17th century church.
Lassodie, Scotland
The half-finished remains of what would have been Scotland’s biggest piece of landscape art.
Sighișoara, Romania
This is the birthplace of Vlad the Impaler Vlad III Dracul.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.
Lockerbie, Scotland
A remembrance of the local Scottish victims of the Lockerbie Bombing Incident in the now-restored neighborhood.
London, England
A forgotten underground railway once whooshed trams beneath London.
Klamath, California
This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.
Pittenweem, Scotland
This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.
Saint Abbs, Scotland
One of four sister bronze sculptures dedicated to the widows and orphans of an 1881 tragedy.
Alnwick, England
This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Henshaw, England
Also known as “Robin Hood’s tree,” it became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down.
Robin Hood's Bay, England
This plaque commemorates an amazing 19th-century sea rescue.
Norwich, England
A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.
Colchester, England
One of the oldest surviving buildings in Colchester dates back to the 11th century.
Norwich, England
This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.
New York, New York
A Manhattan tombstone honors a popular 19th-century heroine, now long forgotten.
London, England
This ancient spring in central London was featured in a Peter Pan story.