Gdańsk, Poland
The Three Boar Heads of Gdańsk
A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.
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Gdańsk, Poland
A mysterious emblem tucked in an small alleyway is actually the coat of arms of a heroic medieval family.
Gdańsk, Poland
Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.
Gdańsk, Poland
This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.
Lincoln, England
The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.
Lincoln, England
This lone tower casts an outstretched shadow over the site of a once-wealthy Knights Templar preceptory.
Lincoln, England
The charming collection illustrates life in Lincolnshire in the 18th through 20th centuries.
Lincoln, England
Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.
Lincoln, England
The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.
Brampton Bierlow, England
A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.
Rotherham, England
This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.
Thirsk, England
The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
Richmond, England
At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.
Boroughbridge, England
At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.
Ein Gedi, Israel
The tallest waterfall in the Judean Desert is named for its connection to a biblical figure.
Ein Gedi, Israel
As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.
Hartlepool, England
The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.
Hartlepool, England
The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.
Marton-in-Cleveland, England
Sidney Scurvy, the interactive computer sailor, takes you on a journey to discover the everyday lives of Cook and his men.
Middlesbrough, England
A surreal paleontological sculpture garden pays homage to a fading industry.
Middlesbrough, England
The final resting place of a celebrated First Nations man who traveled through England with a snake oil salesman.
Middlesbrough, England
This enormous sculpture honors an English town's engineering and industrial heritage
Harmby, England
A small waterfall tucked away in the forest of Harmby Gill.
Bedale, England
The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.
Sharow, England
The pyramid-shaped grave of one of the first mountain astronomers and a pyramid theorist.