Namerikawa, Japan
The Firefly Squid of Toyama Bay
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
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Namerikawa, Japan
Bioluminescent firefly squid light up this Japanese fishing port.
Totnes, England
A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.
Skipton, England
Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.
Chipping Norton, England
This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.
Stromness, Scotland
Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.
Finstown, Scotland
Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.
Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Bodmin, England
This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.
Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Lisse, Netherlands
Unsurprisingly, Holland is home to one of the most magnificent flower gardens in the world.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Oslo, Norway
Housing the famous Norwegian ice-defying 19th century polar exploration ship.
Oslo, Norway
Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.
Oslo, Norway
Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.
Kamakura, Japan
A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.