New York, New York
Mei Lai Wah
The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.
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New York, New York
The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.
Consuegra, Spain
This line of 12 tower mills described in the story of Don Quixote is among the most iconic landscapes in Spain.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Wilmington, England
This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.
Christchurch, New Zealand
This aluminum “stairway to heaven” has impaled at least a couple of birds.
London, England
The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Aldeburgh, England
This massive metal scallop is a tribute to an English composer who once walked across this beach.
Lynford, England
A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
West Tanfield, England
This collection of ancient structures makes up part of the largest group of prehistoric earthworks in Britain.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Alpine, Texas
A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Morpeth, England
This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.
Kirkstall, England
Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.
Bramhope, England
This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.
York, England
Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.
Hòa Vang, Vietnam
This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.