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Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.

The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.

This gruesome biblical parade celebrates the one day a year that a bit of Jesus' blood turns to liquid.

A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.

Explore 400,000 years of humans' "battle against darkness" in this offbeat but thorough lamp museum.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.

Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.

This device was crucial to the Industrial Revolution development of Leeds.

In a small courtyard resides this large mural that draws inspiration from Leeds and its history.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”

The ornate structure is part of a building boasting more marble than the Vatican.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

A serene public space nestled within the remains of Glasgow’s Victorian maternity hospital

The final resting place of one of the most important figures in the world of tea.

This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.

Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.

Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.

Underneath this small church are 15,000 bones, arranged by an obsessive academic.