Nassau, Bahamas
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The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.
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Nassau, Bahamas
The world’s largest underwater sculpture is found just off the coast of Nassau.
Cheddar, England
Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.
Weston-super-Mare, England
The world's largest museum devoted solely to the whirlybird comes complete with its own chopper graveyard.
Burnham-on-Sea, England
The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.
Williton, England
A collection of retro plastic goods made with "the material of a thousand uses."
Defynnog, Wales
Estimated to be more than 5,000 years old, this yew may be Britain’s oldest.
Powys, Wales
Legend has it that this stone moves down to the river sometimes to have a drink.
Autun, France
Reminiscent of a termite mound, this imposing structure is likely an ancient funerary monument.
South Harting, England
This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."
Chichester, England
This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.
Hartfield, England
The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
Maldon, England
Known as the "Fat Man of Maldon," Bright was a larger-than-life figure.
Maldon, England
This statue commemorates one of medieval England’s most courageous heroes.
Southampton, England
The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.
Lincolnshire, England
This century-old cinema is complete with musical interludes and boasts a rare projection system.
Friskney, England
The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.
Spalding, England
"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.
Peterborough, England
Once-buried markers show England’s lowest land point keeps getting lower.
Poni, Burkina Faso
These mysterious 1,000-year-old walls have revealed little about their past.
Djenne, Mali
The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.
Bandiagara, Mali
These homes carved into the mountains seem to defy the laws of nature.
Gao, Mali
The most important and best preserved remnant of West Africa's powerful Songhai Empire.
Agadez, Niger
The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.