Paisley, Scotland
'Alien' Gargoyle
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
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Paisley, Scotland
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
Aberfoyle, Scotland
This enchanting hill is home to fairy lore and a sinister local mystery.
Beer, England
This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
Dunure, Scotland
This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.
London, England
The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
Bay Village, Ohio
The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.
Jodhpur, India
This stunning 15th-century royal hill fort preserves the age of chivalry in Rajasthan.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Chile
A fantastical group of cliffside stairways, bridges, and twisting paths carved out of stone provide a surreal coastal hike.
Kandahar, Afghanistan
Rock-cut chamber at top of an outcroup, reached by a mountain stairway of forty steps.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
A Hawaiian stairway to heaven—that you can't climb.
North Berwick, Scotland
This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.
Lanai City, Hawaii
The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.
San Antonio, Texas
A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.
Seguin, Texas
One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.
Denver, Colorado
A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
An exceptional assortment of fossils recovered from private collections.
Paju, South Korea
A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.
Paris, France
Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.
Bavay, France
These ruins reveal the remarkably intact layout of a Roman marketplace.
Grantsville, Utah
A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.
Rockville, Utah
Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.
North Ogden, Utah
Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.