Oxford, England
Port Meadow
Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.
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Oxford, England
Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.
Bouziès, France
The beautiful bas-relief lines a sliver of a 19th-century walking path between two charming French villages.
Peraleda de la Mata, Spain
This 7,000-year-old megalithic wonder covered by a Franco-era reservoir emerges in times of drought.
Colchester, England
Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.
Ecchinswell, England
This grassy, tree-lined hill shares a name with the much-loved novel that it inspired.
Baker, Nevada
This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.
Winona, Minnesota
Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.
Naples, Italy
An unusual "skull with ears" sits in the crypt of this small church tucked away at the end of a narrow alley.
Haverhill, Massachusetts
It was an experiment to prove that glacial boulders and rocks can be used in constructions and dwelling.
Wilmington, Delaware
One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.
Torre del Greco, Italy
The old church, buried by the 1784 Mount Vesuvius eruption, is a remarkably well-preserved place where people now pray for the souls of the dead.
San Agustín Etla, Mexico
Amid lush greenery, a man-made channel peppered with graffiti that dates back to 1881.
Brooklyn, New York
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
Bremen, Germany
One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.
Santa Barbara, California
The beautiful behemoth is one of the largest trees of its kind in the United States.
Taxco, Mexico
This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.
Tucson, Arizona
From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.
Wiltshire, England
This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.
South Kolan, Australia
The 25-million-year-old cavities have perplexed people for decades.
Warsaw, Poland
The final resting place of more than 200,000 people, this is one of the largest cemeteries in Europe.
Cottonwood, Arizona
Inside this store, a mysterious statue draws visitors from the world over.
Drumheller, Alberta
A six-person chapel in the middle of Alberta's badlands.
Quapaw, Oklahoma
The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.