Ogmore-by-Sea, Wales
Merthyr Mawr Sand Dunes
This huge coastal nature reserve in Wales was a stand-in for the Arabian Peninsula in 'Lawrence of Arabia.'
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Ogmore-by-Sea, Wales
This huge coastal nature reserve in Wales was a stand-in for the Arabian Peninsula in 'Lawrence of Arabia.'
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Orleans, Massachusetts
Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.
Paris, France
The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.
Exeter, England
At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.
Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.
South Burlington, Vermont
A pair of black granite tails dive into a sea of grass in landlocked Vermont.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
Bermuda
Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.
Bermuda
The final resting place for Bermuda's British military, including a man who died of sunstroke.
Bermuda
Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.
Bermuda
The world's smallest drawbridge.
Exeter, England
Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.
Paris, France
This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.
Paris, France
A beautiful Victorian statue shows France's enduring love of the rhinoceros.
Paris, France
The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Paris, France
This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.