Isle of Islay, Scotland
Kildalton Cross
This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.
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Isle of Islay, Scotland
This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.
Drymen, Scotland
This castle was established by the 4th Duke of Montrose and is connected to the Buchanan Clan.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.
Great Falls, Montana
The shortest river in America flows for just 201 feet.
Peterborough, England
The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Shanghai, China
The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.
Dunbar, Scotland
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.
Morondava, Madagascar
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
Seattle, Washington
A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.
Linz, Austria
Ride a dragon train into a world of dwarves.
Corrubbio, Italy
Sleep amongst an abundance of art from the modern era.
Bassenge, Belgium
A Belgian self-built tower inspired by the Bible and ancient civilizations.
Nordstrand, Germany
A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Salento, Colombia
The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.
Comfort, Texas
This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.
Peterborough, England
Once-buried markers show England’s lowest land point keeps getting lower.
Sanremo, Italy
There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.
Newport, Wales
The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.
Cochin, Saskatchewan
The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.