Paro, Bhutan
Paro International Airport
This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.
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Paro, Bhutan
This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.
Thimphu, Bhutan
Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.
Thimphu, Bhutan
This giant Buddha statue has 125,000 smaller Buddhas hidden inside it.
Punakha, Bhutan
This colorful overpass is one of Bhutan's longest suspension bridges.
Rothwell, England
A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.
Leeds, England
One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
Leeds, England
The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.
Leeds, England
The name of this suspended sculpture is Latin for "high horse," which is exactly what it is.
Leeds, England
This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.
Leeds, England
The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Petra District, Jordan
A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.
Bradford, England
A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.
Bramhope, England
This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.
Menston, England
Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.
Baildon, England
This quaint funicular has been ferrying people up and down an English valley since the Victorian era.
Skipton, England
This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Leeds, England
This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.
Kirkstall, England
Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Warsaw, Poland
A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
Warsaw, Poland
The Polish capital has had a deep connection to its guardian mermaid for almost a millennium now.
Warsaw, Poland
A menacing statue of this mythical creature can be seen at the legendary site of the monster's lair.