Somerset, England
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The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
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Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.
Alnwick, England
This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.
Barlborough, England
This Victorian gate contains cryptic inscriptions in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.
Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Sheffield, England
This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Porto, Portugal
This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.
Lisbon, Portugal
Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Lisbon, Portugal
This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Sintra, Portugal
An ancient and majestic fortress that played an integral role in Portugal's road to independence.
Biggleswade, England
A rare example of the RAF’s flying spy taxi.
Sheffield, England
One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.
Sheffield, England
This Sheffield sculpture composed of 17,000 Allen keys honors both urban falcons and a furniture icon.
Kelvedon Hatch, England
The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.
Rochester, England
This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Bekesbourne, England
An anti-tank graveyard in the English countryside.
East Sussex, England
England's most notorious suicide spot.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Leicester, England
This former sewage pumping station is now a fascinating museum.