Mauchline, Scotland
Ballochmyle Cup and Ring Marks
These ancient symbols freckling a Scottish cliff remained hidden for centuries.
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Mauchline, Scotland
These ancient symbols freckling a Scottish cliff remained hidden for centuries.
Cairndow, Scotland
A rare permanent monument to the Scottish Travellers.
Stirling, Scotland
Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.
Seattle, Washington
This gold-winged spire celebrates the first true flight around the world.
Seattle, Washington
This Puget Sound military post has a long, turbulent history as a gateway to the Pacific.
Seattle, Washington
This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.
Seattle, Washington
Seattle's super-sized cowboy apparel once belonged to a themed gas station that wrangled in herds of tourists.
Seattle, Washington
A young botanist's horticultural vision realized through a lifetime of planting, tending, and collecting seeds.
Seattle, Washington
The tech giant built three enormous glass orbs in Seattle so employees could work inside a rainforest greenhouse.
Seattle, Washington
Couple's personal collection of pinball machines turned public pinball museum.
Seattle, Washington
A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.
Portland, Oregon
The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Portland, Oregon
Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Portland, Oregon
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
Portland, Oregon
A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.
Smardale, England
A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.
Keld, England
The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England
This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.
Darlington, England
A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.
Morpeth, England
This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.
Hartlepool, England
The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.
Bishop Auckland, England
This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.