Pruna, Spain
El Castillo de Hierro (The Iron Castle of Pruna)
This remote location of this Moorish stronghold means it doesn’t attract many tourists—and that it still has the aura of fear and bravery of the 1300s.
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Pruna, Spain
This remote location of this Moorish stronghold means it doesn’t attract many tourists—and that it still has the aura of fear and bravery of the 1300s.
Achmelvich, Scotland
Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.
Cumbria, England
One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.
Bells Bridge, Australia
A museum in rural Queensland wrongly claims that dinosaur fossils possess evidence that the earth is only 10,000 years old.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation
New Orleans, Louisiana
After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.
Vienna, Austria
Visiting this café is like visiting the Austrian grandma you wish you had.
Trapani, Italy
The former atelier of Mario Cassisa is a treasure trove of paintings, sculptures, and artist books.
Tokyo, Japan
A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.
Hunter, New York
This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.
Radovljica, Slovenia
This Slovenian museum houses the country's largest collection of painted beehive panels.
Munich, Germany
A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.
Tallinn, Estonia
This set of concrete chambers resonates according to different notes of octaves.
Nuremberg, Germany
During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.
Hamburg, Germany
A charming and enigmatic sculpture of a lynx haunts the park of Kellinghusen.
Vale de Nogueiras, Portugal
This Gallo-Roman sanctuary is dedicated to Serápis, god of the underworld.
London, England
The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.
Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales
Neolithic burial chambers hidden beside a village school.
Xilitla, Mexico
This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.
Jelgava, Latvia
The Jelgava Palace holds one of the few burial places of governor’s dynasties that is open to the public.
Eelde, Netherlands
The largest collection of the iconic wooden shoe in the world.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.