Hamburg, Germany
Beatles-Platz (Beatles Square)
This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.
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Hamburg, Germany
This red light district plaza memorializes the Fab Four and their historic connection to the area.
Portugalete, Spain
Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.
Sheffield, England
Once a training ground for Olympic athletes, this artificial ski slope has fallen into ruin after a fire in 2012.
Sheffield, England
Located behind the Riverside Pub is a nautical fantasy from one of the area's renowned street artists.
Manchester, England
Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.
Buxton, England
Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.
Liverpool, England
What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?
Liverpool, England
The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.
Stanbury, England
The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."
Belfast, Northern Ireland
This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A palatial former bank building now houses what may be the poshest art venue (and former Tesco) in Belfast.
Paris, France
If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.
Honfleur, France
One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.
Leeds, England
Winner of the Leeds Award for Architecture and the Environment.
Middlesbrough, England
A surreal paleontological sculpture garden pays homage to a fading industry.
Manchester, England
The construction of this bridge dates back to the 15th century.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
A famous pilgrimage site that remains hidden in the midst of a city.