Helston, England
Goonhilly Earth Station
Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.
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Helston, England
Arthur, Merlin, and Guinevere are among the largest and oldest satellite dishes on the planet.
Kolkata, India
The potters' quarter is packed with artists sculpting clay gods with mud from the sacred Ganges river.
Varanasi, India
Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.
Mahabalipuram, India
This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.
Mahabalipuram, India
Picnic on the seashore in the footsteps of ancient kings, protected by giant mythical cat beasts.
Varanasi, India
Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.
Lucknow, India
This magnificent 18th-century hall consists of a maze of nearly a thousand interconnected passages.
Bodhgaya, India
Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.
Fatehpur Sikri, India
An imperial fortress city that incorporated cultural elements from the entire Mughal empire, only to be abandoned the year it was finished.
Amritsar, India
This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.
Mysore, India
Modest by day, illuminated majestically at sunset.
Wadebridge, England
This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.
Minions, England
Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.
Liskeard, England
These "bridges" help confused bats cross the road.
Treen, England
A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.
Bude, England
A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.
Busveal, England
The excellent acoustics of this natural amphitheater made it a popular preaching spot for the founder of the Methodist Church.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Launceston, England
Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.