Avebury, England
Avebury
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
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Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Leek, England
This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.
Skipton, England
This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
London, England
There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Truro, England
Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.
Camelford, England
A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.
Lancaster, England
The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
London, England
These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.
Alnwick, England
This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.
London, England
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
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.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Masada, Israel
This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.
East Jerusalem, Israel
Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.
Jerusalem, Israel
This family tattoo parlor has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years.
Jerusalem, Israel
The home of the Dead Sea Scrolls is an abstract modernist dream.
Ashkelon, Israel
These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.
Acre, Israel
The bluer than blue waters in these natural Israeli caves are reached via the world's steepest cable car.