Edinburgh, Scotland
James Clerk Maxwell Foundation
Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.
Vlissingen, Netherlands
A set of 27 bamboo tubes creates an eerie soundscape that changes with the wind.
Ravenglass, England
These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.
Skagway, Alaska
Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Housing the groundbreaking maps and globes of Gerard Mercator.
Tallahassee, Florida
World's largest magnetic research facility.
Uley, England
You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.
Hillerød, Denmark
This striking royal residence is the largest Renaissance-style castle in Scandinavia.
Dénezé-sous-Doué, France
Figures of unknown origin carved into the surfaces of underground caves.
West Malling, England
A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.
Bisbee, Arizona
A mistaken marker makes an erroneous claim along the historic Old Divide Road.
Antwerp, Belgium
This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.
Iceland
This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.
Whitman, Massachusetts
This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.
Wellington, New Zealand
Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.
Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
Home to some of the world’s darkest skies, this project blends ancient Māori culture with world-class astro tourism.
Uxbridge, England
Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.
Tucson, Arizona
This quiet chapel was central to a community of settlers who reclaimed an abandoned fort.
Searchlight, Nevada
Thousands of glyphs created by an unknown culture decorate the rock formations of this canyon.
Uppsala, Sweden
The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Bern, Switzerland
The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.
London, England
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.