Lagos, Nigeria
Makoko
What started as makeshift fishermen's housing has grown into a massive, floating community.
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Lagos, Nigeria
What started as makeshift fishermen's housing has grown into a massive, floating community.
Lekki, Nigeria
Not your average art gallery, this massive center hosts 8,000 works from artists across Africa—and it’s free to the public.
Ilhéu das Rolas, São Tomé and Príncipe
The equator passes through this tiny island in the eastern Atlantic.
Caue, São Tomé and Príncipe
Nature’s skyscraper launches out of the terrain with attitude.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A controversial cenotaph dedicated to a local physician with an unscrupulous past.
Bodnant Hall, Wales
A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Conwy, Wales
One of the oldest suspension bridges in the world blends in perfectly with a medieval castle.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Northumberland, England
This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Whitby, England
These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.
Whitby, England
These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
Penistone, England
This century-old, single-screen cinema still puts a 1937 Compton organ to good use.
Liverpool, England
What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?
Manchester, England
Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
Manchester, England
Two of Manchester’s oldest buildings were moved twice.
Manchester, England
Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.
Manchester, England
This bronze statue honors one of the leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom.
Manchester, England
This building's name and a plaque are all that's left of what was probably the most important nightclub of the Madchester music scene.
Manchester, England
19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.