Hathersage, England
Little John's Grave
A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.
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Hathersage, England
A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.
Thetford, England
This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.
Gerrards Cross, England
Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.
Lordsburg, New Mexico
The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.
Moffat, Scotland
“It has nae lugs!”
Castlemaine, Australia
An art gallery, studio, and shop that celebrates death.
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt
One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.
Dillon, Montana
The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
Lund, Sweden
A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.
Smithfield, Virginia
The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."
Salzburg, Austria
At this exhibit on the world of poison, venomous animals steal the show.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.
Kilgetty, Wales
Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.
Johns Creek, Georgia
The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.
Warsaw, Poland
A statue honors the children who fought Nazis in Poland.
Dublin, Ireland
Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.
Namibia
Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.
Riga, Latvia
A small museum contains one of the largest collections of ethnic and traditional headgear in the world.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Cortez, Florida
An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.
Washington, D.C.
The national park was once a plantation estate.