London, England
Rolling Bridge
This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.
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London, England
This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.
Tanami East, Australia
The Australian lorikeets that like to tie one on in an annual drinking binge.
Sydney, Australia
The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.
Cervantes, Australia
Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.
London, England
What might be the oldest living tree in London has survived fires, bombings, and estate agents.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.
Dublin, Ireland
This 18th-century fort surrounded by a moat was used to store gun powder and ammunition, and now sits in the middle of a large park in Dublin.
Crieff, Scotland
A sculpture commemorating the "world's best mouser" in what is likely Scotland's longest-running distillery
London, England
This underpass became an unlikely piece of cinematic history after its appearance in 'A Clockwork Orange.'
Ambleside, England
This beautifully situated lakeside Roman settlement was likely built during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.
London, England
An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.
Mumbai, India
One of the last remnants of an 18th-century fort in the business district of Mumbai.
Mumbai, India
A drinking water fountain in the heart of Mumbai, built by a father in memory of his son.
Bradford-on-Avon, England
This bridge later moonlighted as a local jail.
Groningen, Netherlands
Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.
Windsor, Australia
This previously dilapidated alleyway has been transformed into one of Melbourne's finest hidden art locations.
Norwich, England
This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.
York, England
The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.
Achmelvich, Scotland
Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.
Tokyo, Japan
A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.
Cologne, Germany
A poignant mural honors the heroic teenage non-conformists who took on the Nazis and paid the ultimate price.
London, England
The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.
Wareham, England
Inside this 11th-century church, a medieval-style tomb of the World War I hero known as "Lawrence of Arabia."