Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
Carrickfergus Witches' Pillory
A replica memorializes the site where women were punished after the last witchcraft trial in Ireland.
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Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
A replica memorializes the site where women were punished after the last witchcraft trial in Ireland.
Bangkok, Thailand
A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.
Prasat Sambour, Cambodia
More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.
Somerset, England
The ruined abbey includes a rare surviving example of a monastic latrine.
Bristol, England
A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.
Bath and North East Somerset, England
An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.
Capri, Italy
This clifftop arch is a natural stunner.
Plymouth, England
Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.
Westward Ho!, England
How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?
Phonsavan, Laos
Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.
Vientiane, Laos
American bombs, morbid memorabilia, and graphic photographs tell the story of the CIA-led “Secret War” from the Pathet Lao perspective.
Malmesbury, England
Scars from the English Civil War mar this medieval sanctuary.
Devizes, England
The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.
Avebury, England
The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.
London, England
These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.
Devizes, England
Legend says the people of Wiltshire got their "Moonraker" nickname from this small pond.
Wiltshire, England
This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.
Oxford, England
The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.
Vienna, Austria
A magnificent collection of imperial armor and weaponry.
London, England
This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.
London, England
This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.
London, England
This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.