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The High Bridge and Glory Hole.

Lincoln, England

High Bridge

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

Near the village, there is this curious building, built in 1870. Inside it there was a steam plant, to lift the lead and silver minerals from the galleries below the ground. The miners nicknamed it "Sa Macchina Beccia" (The old machine, in Sardinian language). The plant stopped working in 1940.

Iglesias, Italy

Villaggio Minerario Asproni

A former mining village that now operates as an open-air museum.

Porto Flavia

Masua, Italy

Porto Flavia

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.

A contemplative jaguar

Lumigny-Nesles-Ormeaux, France

Parc des Félins

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

Lion skull.

London, England

Tower of London Barbary Lion Skulls

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

A jaguar.

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico

Zoo Miguel Álvarez del Toro

Catch a glimpse of local, native wildlife at this zoo dedicated to conservation and education.

Gravestones at the British Cemetery .

Ocracoke, North Carolina

British Cemetery of Ocracoke

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The desert scene.

New York, New York

Libyan Desert Diorama

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

The Ambassadors by Holbein the younger.

London, England

'The Ambassadors'

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

The restored tunnel entrance.

Petersburg, Virginia

The Crater

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

Operation Teapot, April 15, 1955

Nye County, Nevada

Atomic Survival Town

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

No Trespassing. Ever.

Groom Lake, Nevada

Area 51

In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.

It's easy to miss the house wedged between these churches.

Porto, Portugal

Carmo and Carmelitas Churches

A hidden three-foot-wide house separates these two regal churches.

Steens Mountain from the Alvord Playa.  Yes, that white patch is snow lingering into August!

New Princeton, Oregon

Alvord Desert

At the base of Steens Mountain resides an otherworldly desert.

Balmorhea State Park Pool

Balmorhea, Texas

Balmorhea State Park Pool

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

Fitzpatrick's Herbal Health

Rawtenstall, England

Mr Fitzpatrick's Temperance Bar

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

The Morpeth Arms is now a regular pub, with a dark history below ground.

London, England

The Morpeth Arms

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

Spon Street

Coventry, England

Spon Street

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

The Mug House

Claines, England

Mug House Pub

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

The Nutshell

Bury Saint Edmunds, England

The Nutshell Pub

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

The Ten Bells Pub.

London, England

The Ten Bells Pub

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem0115 947 3171

Nottingham, England

Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Confederation Bridge

Bayfield, Prince Edward Island

Confederation Bridge

This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.

Ash Cave.

Logan, Ohio

The Caves of Hocking Hills State Park

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

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