The river that gave its name to a 1960s musical movement has a rather inauspicious starting point in town outside of Manchester.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.

Buddhist university that allows English-language speakers the opportunity to study with monks in Thailand.

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.

For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

This statue includes small details that highlight a city of "firsts."

Different sections of the Zemun Fortress were built in the 14th and 15th century as a response to the advance of the Ottoman Empire.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.

These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

This whimsical public art installation is a unique homage to Liverpool's industrial heritage.

Of five volcanoes located in the massive Tengger caldera, this cone is the youngest and most active.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

A fortified palace in the shape of a ship on the Thiou river.

Final resting place of John Middleton "The Childe of Hale."

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.