London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
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London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Crosstown, England
This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Launceston, England
Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.
Trethevy, England
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
New York, New York
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
Iceland
These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.
Iceland
This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.
Akureyri, Iceland
Akureyri is home to an oversized can of one of Iceland's favourite beers.
Thingvellir, Iceland
The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.
Iceland
An Icelandic island full of diving birds and legend.
Iceland
A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.
Iceland
This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.
Vik, Iceland
Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.
Iceland
A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Stromness, Scotland
Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Stromness, Scotland
Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."
Orkney, Scotland
A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.
Falkland Islands
This haunting ghost ship stands beached in the waters off the coast of the Falkland Islands.
Stanley, Falkland Islands
The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.