Kourou, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre
Europe’s only spaceport is in South America.
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Kourou, French Guiana
Europe’s only spaceport is in South America.
Nieuw Amsterdam, Suriname
An old Dutch lightvessel is now stuck in a dock near the mouth of the Suriname River.
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, French Guiana
Over 70,000 prisoners were “transported” to a brutal life of forced labor in this French penal colony.
Panama City, Panama
This church was transported brick by brick from the ruins of a 16th-century city into Panama City's current historic district.
Avebury, England
The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Marlborough, England
One of the smaller hillside chalk horses was designed and cut in by a group of local students in 1804.
Tirana, Albania
In the heart of Tirana, this underground nuclear bunker has been transformed into a museum.
Ohrid, North Macedonia
See how paper is made the old-fashioned way.
Pristina, Kosovo
A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Pristina, Kosovo
A 11-foot former president stands on a Kosovo street that also bears his name.
London, England
Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.
London, England
The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.
London, England
This 500-meter-long memorial pays tribute to the hundreds of thousands of lives lost to COVID-19 in the UK.
London, England
An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.
London, England
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
London, England
Heralded as the oldest statue in London.
London, England
The real clothing store that inspired a fictional spy organization's front.
London, England
This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.
London, England
Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.
London, England
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
London, England
Metal horses galloping through a London fountain provide a link to the city's past.