Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam
Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, this botanical garden is a treasure trove of rare flora.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.
Paris, France
The oldest and smallest cemetery in Paris is only open to the public twice a year.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Paris, France
This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.
Paris, France
Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.
London, England
The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.
Hove, England
This craggy boulder is fabled to be either a druidic relic or Satan's stumbling block.
Osmington, England
Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.
Bridgwater, England
The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.
Bingley, England
The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.
Liverpool, England
Prehistoric sandstone menhir with Early Bronze Age cup and ring markings, also known as Robin Hood's Stone.
Birmingham, England
These centuries old gardens have been restored to their 17th century condition.
Treen, England
A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.
Maidstone, England
This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.
Newton Abbot, England
The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.
London, England
Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.
Coventry, England
Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.
Brighton, England
One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
Liverpool, England
A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Clophill, England
A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”