Berlin, Germany
Vestiges of the Berlin Wall
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
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Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Havana, Cuba
A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.
Havana, Cuba
After the Cuban Revolution, the famous rum company had to leave their swanky headquarters behind.
Portsmouth, England
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
East Sussex, England
England's most notorious suicide spot.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Guildford, England
This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.
Dorking, England
Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."
Cobham, England
Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.
East Molesey, England
England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
London, England
A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
London, England
A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.
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
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.