France / Spain
Pheasant Island
This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.
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France / Spain
This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.
Benidorm, Spain
This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Warsaw, Poland
The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.
kłodzki, Poland
Naturally formed rock city in Poland.
Poland
A mysterious structure left behind on the Polish mountainside, sometimes called "Hitler's Stonehenge".
Walbrzych, Poland
This mysterious and once-grand memorial still embodies a remarkable architectural vision.
Ochtiná, Slovakia
An unusual cave filled with rare alien-looking aragonite formations.
Gmina, Poland
This tower in a small Polish village uses the power of a sacred bell to ward off mischievous weather spirits.
Zalipie, Poland
This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.
Bedford, England
A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Stansted, England
Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience.
Royston, England
Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.
Cambridge, England
Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.
Cambridge, England
An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.
Cambridge, England
A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
Cambridge, England
A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.
London, England
The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.