Fethiye, Turkey
Lycian Rock Tombs
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
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Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
London, England
A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.
London, England
A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
Saint-Rivoal, France
An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.
Killeany, Ireland
A diminutive, thousand-year-old church believed to be the smallest in Ireland.
Inisheer, Ireland
These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.
Stradbally West, Ireland
The remains of a majestic house that was once stood in the crosshairs of the Irish Republican Army.
Leuk, Switzerland
A symbol of friendship between the mountainous regions of Switzerland and Bhutan.
Brusio, Switzerland
This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Inisheer, Ireland
A steam trawler with a whiskey-soaked history driven ashore in 1960 resides rusty but still standing on the shoreline.