Santa Barbara, California
Moreton Bay Fig Tree
The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.
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Santa Barbara, California
The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.
Santa Barbara, California
Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.
Santa Barbara, California
Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.
Los Angeles, California
The neighborhood of Eagle Rock is named after a gigantic boulder with a shadowy surprise.
Los Angeles, California
An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.
Los Angeles, California
The final resting place of a space program monolith, soon to be unveiled again to the public.
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Stourton, England
Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."
Swindon, England
This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Coventry, England
For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.
Coventry, England
Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.
Coventry, England
A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.
Coventry, England
Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.
Coventry, England
The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.
London, England
Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.
London, England
The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.
London, England
The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.
London, England
The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.