Kerry, Ireland
Skellig Michael
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
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Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Madagascar
This picturesque island graveyard is the final resting place of dozens of notorious pirates.
South Yorkshire, England
From a distance it looks like a real castle, but up close everything is slightly too small.
Llangennith, Wales
A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.
Birsay, Scotland
This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
Saint Andrews, New Brunswick
A rare opportunity to drive across the ocean floor.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.
Eastham, Massachusetts
The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.
Barbâtre, France
This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Oakley, Utah
What's a diner from the 1939 World's Fair doing in a remote Utah mountain town?
Racine, Wisconsin
The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Chicago, Illinois
Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Tucson, Arizona
An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A 200-year-old collection of medical paraphernalia in a historic house.
London, England
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
Székesfehérvár, Hungary
300 years of pharmaceutical history on display.
Kaunas, Lithuania
Folky pharmaceuticals abound in this medicinal reliquary.
Helsinki, Finland
A collection of collections ranging from dentistry to minerals.