London, England
Sir John Soane's Museum
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
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London, England
A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.
Agadez, Niger
The tallest mud-brick structure in the world has been standing since the 1500s.
Cliffsend, England
This longship was a gift to commemorate the 1500th anniversary of the Anglo-Saxons arrival in England.
Belle Fourche, South Dakota
Despite monuments in other locations, this spot in a South Dakota field is recognized by the U.S. National Geodetic Survey as the center of the 50 states.
Manchester, England
Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.
Pavia, Italy
These 500-year-old frescoes depict the city in its glory days.
London, England
A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.
Woodruff, Wisconsin
In 1953, a group of Wisconsin high school students helped build a hospital by collecting over a million pennies.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
This Tudor-style mansion is home to the first roadside confectioner in the United States.
Pensacola, Florida
A small museum celebrating the life of the first Black four-star general in Air Force history.
Pensacola, Florida
A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Come for the 14-foot-long taxidermy alligator. Stay for the mini costumed gators shooting pool.
Westminster, Vermont
This man's death led (indirectly) to Vermont's independence in 1777.
Nashville, Indiana
In the hills of southern Indiana is the idyllic studio and museum of legendary artist T.C. Steele.
Alpine, Texas
A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.
Concord, Massachusetts
A stone marker dedicated to a Black veteran of the American Revolution who refused to leave his land near Walden Pond.
Singapore
An undeciphered text is inscribed on a mysterious stone slab.
Brighton, England
This monumental gateway marks the northern edge of Brighton and is a welcome sign to all visitors to the seaside city.
Rottingdean, England
According to local folklore, this odd face on a wall of Rudyard Kipling's former home can bring visitors a bit of luck.
Hove, England
This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.
Hove, England
This seemingly normal pathway actually forms a giant fingerprint.
Hove, England
This craggy boulder is fabled to be either a druidic relic or Satan's stumbling block.
Hove, England
An unassuming churchyard is the resting place of a pioneering surveyor and reluctant namesake of a mountain.
Hove, England
These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.