The giant statue and its model solar system honor the native Pole who declared that the Earth revolves around the Sun.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.

The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.

Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.

This impressively complicated radioastronomy research center was once a tool of Soviet spies.

The widest waterfall in Europe is a natural wonder and one of the only places where fish are caught in the air.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

This city square dates back to the Scottish Enlightenment and was home to some of Scotland's brightest minds.