Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales
World Bog Snorkeling Championship
During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.
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Llanwrtyd Wells, Wales
During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.
Greywell, England
Built in the 18th century, and now the largest roost for hibernating bats in Britain.
Tucson, Arizona
A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.
Stellendam, Netherlands
Watch the local Netherlands birds from inside this giant eco-egg.
Gloucestershire, England
A well-studied colony of endangered bats roosts in this abandoned Victorian Gothic mansion.
Thetford, England
This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.
Worthing, England
An eccentric memorial garden to the "warrior" birds of World War I, the messenger pigeons used by the Allied forces.
Northumberland, England
A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Ongar, England
This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.
London, England
A student driver's nightmare.
London, England
London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Marlborough, England
It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
London, England
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
London, England
The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.
Haslingden, England
At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.
Galway, Ireland
After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.
Inisheer, Ireland
These moss-covered medieval ruins tower atop the smallest of Ireland's Aran Islands.
Galway, Ireland
The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.
Dublin, Ireland
Fantastic stainless steel dragon gates complete with mesh wings.
Liverpool, England
A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.
Escomb, England
A 7th-century church in northeast England built using stones from a nearby Roman fort.