Avebury, England
Avebury
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
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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.
Marlborough, England
Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?
Cherhill, England
The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.
Glastonbury, England
Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.
Glastonbury, England
In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Bristol, England
One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.
Hampton Fields, England
Local lore says passing infants through its holes could magically cure them of measles and rickets.
Wareham, England
A popular day's outing in Bovington consists of watching military tank driving practice.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Seligman, Arizona
A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.
Rhayader, Wales
A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Marrakesh, Morocco
This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.
Marrakesh, Morocco
It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.
Casablanca, Morocco
An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Grasmere, England
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.