Chipping Norton, England
Rollright Stones
This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.
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Chipping Norton, England
This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.
Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Grantham, England
Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.
Bridgwater, England
The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Sandy Island
This phantom island appeared on maps for over a century before amateur radio enthusiasts beat Google Earth to the punch in its "undiscovery."
Alton Barnes, England
This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.
Cherhill, England
The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.
Minions, England
Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Lyme Regis, England
A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.
Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales
A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.
Harrogate, England
Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.
Kirkby Lonsdale, England
A beautiful medieval bridge allegedly constructed by the Devil.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Dulverton, England
This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
England
In the quiet village of Fulmodeston, the ruins of a medieval church remain hidden among vines and foliage.
York, England
This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.