Hawkshead, England
William Wordsworth's School Desk Carving
This small village museum contains the schoolboy scratchings of William Wordsworth.
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Hawkshead, England
This small village museum contains the schoolboy scratchings of William Wordsworth.
Noto, Japan
The site of a prehistoric settlement spanning millennia, complete with a reconstructed timber circle.
Hampshire, England
This towering monument is dedicated in memory of a most unusually named, yet heroic, horse.
Brno, Czechia
In this Romani neighborhood lies a museum dedicated to the culture and history of the Roma.
Tachikawa, Japan
The former site of the U.S. military base redeveloped as an art district, boasting a collection of 109 public artworks from 36 countries.
Warrington, England
This very ornate Victorian gateway seems completely out of place in the modern industrial city of Warrington.
Manchester, England
Outside a paint factory north of Manchester's city center, an inexplicable submarine sticking out of the ground.
Sandwich, England
Almost too short to be an actual street, this stretch of road maintains a unique moniker.
Incheon, South Korea
A pair of oily black spiders lurk inside South Korea's largest airport.
Bollington, England
A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.
Derby, England
A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.
Bournemouth, England
The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Ripon, England
Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.
Oxford, England
One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.
Dumfries, Scotland
An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.
London, England
Despite the name, this ancient piece of crystal may not have been a lens at all.
Raus, Sweden
Legend has it that this church faced a troll problem, leading to the affixing of a stone face of Satan above the entrance to deter further encounters.
Glasgow, Scotland
A ceramic postbox where visitors can post original poems and creative messages.
Southampton, England
Some of the last remaining relics of one of World War II's most important invasions.
Yamanashi, Japan
Considered an enigma by folklorists, an object of primitive animistic worship lives on in Yamanashi.
Yokohama, Japan
A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Turin, Italy
A portrayal of two lamps embraced and in love.
Soja, Japan
This unusual "magical shrine" honors a legendary raccoon-dog god that stowed away to Japan from some far-off land.