Places lilpuddanesca Wants to Go

Inside the Herxheim museum can be seen the horrifying remains of what were probably the victims of acts of prehistoric mass cannibalism

A well-preserved Neolithic burial mound in the Cotswold hills

Where a plague-quarantined village left vinegar-soaked coins for supplies

The elegant ruined arches of a Franciscan friary in central Gloucester

Grassy earthworks of one of Roman Britain's largest amphitheatres

Some of Britain's best-preserved Roman walls, above the Waveney marshes

An unassuming hillside that preserved humanity's oldest genetic code

An Outer Banks museum devoted to the thousands of shipwrecks resting off North Carolina’s coast.

It's an incredibly beautiful city public space, with spacious rooms to study and admire the artwork.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.

An East German time capsule caters to nostalgic Germans and curious tourists.

A peaceful Elves-fairytale landscape hides an evil scar, a chasm so dark and daunting that for centuries it was believed to be the gateway to hell.

Blink and you’ll miss it—the tiniest street in America packs a lot of charm into just a few steps.

Picture yourself in history with this working collection of vintage photobooths.

Microscopic fossils suggest Australia may be the birthplace of sulphur-based life forms.

An ancient engraving by the Cammeraygal people was uncovered in the transformation of a North Sydney industrial site.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.

Prehistoric park filled with the fossils of dozens of extinct species including Australian megafauna.

This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

A unique Baroque monument that creates a fascinating “theater of memory” focused on the themes of human transience and the hope for resurrection.