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Manx Giant's Pillar.

St John's, Isle of Man

Manx Giant's Pillar

An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.

Robin Hood's Stone

Liverpool, England

The Archer Stone

Prehistoric sandstone menhir with Early Bronze Age cup and ring markings, also known as Robin Hood's Stone.

The History Tree, Hale

Hale, England

The Giant's Grave

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

Marker at Lambert Centre, the geographical centre of Australia.

Ghan, Australia

Lambert Centre of Australia

Finding the exact middle of a giant land mass is hard to determine, but this spot managed to do the trick.

The entrance to the Birdsville Hotel. (via Wikipedia)

Birdsville, Australia

The Birdsville Hotel

A historic hotel on the edge of the Australian outback.

The Alton Barnes White Horse.

Alton Barnes, England

Alton Barnes White Horse

This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.

Stones and Henge, respectively.

Amesbury, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Woodhenge

Salisbury, England

Woodhenge

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Well table.

Avebury, England

The Red Lion

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

Avebury

Avebury, England

Avebury

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

The Hackpen White Horse, sporting a cartoonish eye.

Swindon, England

Hackpen White Horse

England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.

Uffington White Horse.

Faringdon, England

Uffington White Horse

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

Hamsey Church and graveyard

Hamsey, England

Hamsey Island Plague Church

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

Beachy Head

East Sussex, England

Beachy Head

England's most notorious suicide spot.

More found object art.

Dungeness, England

Derek Jarman's Garden

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

Hadrianic Aqueduct of Caesarea

Caesarea, Israel

Hadrianic Aqueduct of Caesarea

Built by a king and rebuilt by an emperor, this aqueduct transported water for 1,200 years to this ancient Mediterranean hub.

Stolpersteine plaques.

Berlin, Germany

Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Fuggerei's Jakobsplatz

Augsburg, Germany

Fuggerei

In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.

Berlin Wall

Berlin, Germany

Vestiges of the Berlin Wall

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

Neuschwanstein Castle

Schwangau, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

The wall at the Bay of Kotor

Kotor, Montenegro

Fortifications of Kotor

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

Wings of Tatev cable car.

Tatev, Armenia

Wings of Tatev

The world's longest nonstop reversible cable car soars through spectacular scenery to the medieval Tatev Monastery.

Fairy Chimneys

Aksaray, Turkey

Cappadocia

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Everard t'Serclaes Monument

Brussels, Belgium

Everard t'Serclaes Monument

A shining memorial to a Belgian hero is said to bring luck to anyone who touches it.

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