Auckland, New Zealand
Sky Tower
A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Auckland, New Zealand
A New Zealand communications tower stands as the tallest structure in the Southern Hemisphere.
Muriwai, New Zealand
New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.
Pohuehue, New Zealand
A drowned river valley that was important to the Maori and European settlers.
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
Mounds of fine golden sand that can rise nearly 500 feet tall.
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.
Waipoua Forest, New Zealand
Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.
Dover, England
One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.
Rochester, England
This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.
Fovant, England
Soldiers carved these regimental badges into the chalk hills in remembrance of those who died in World War I.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Bovington, England
This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.
Osmington, England
Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
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.
Royal Leamington Spa, England
Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.
Stoney Stanton, England
The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.
Newtown Linford, England
The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.
Nottingham, England
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.
Nottingham, England
A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.
Crich, England
This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.
Town End, England
A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.
Stapleford, England
Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.