Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
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This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
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Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Tokyo, Japan
Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.
Tokyo, Japan
Drinkslinger is an unlikely vocation for a Buddhist monk, but at this Tokyo bar the enlightenment is served in a martini glass.
Tokyo, Japan
After a profound show of devotion for his master, a dog becomes the symbol of loyalty for an entire nation.
Kamakura, Japan
A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.
Cherhill, England
The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.
Swindon, England
This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.
Alton Barnes, England
This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.
Nantwich, England
Each year a new straw behemoth is born.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Waterloo, England
A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Bristol, England
One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Liverpool, England
The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
London, England
A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.