Saint Blazey, England
The Eden Project
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
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Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
San Biagio Platani, Italy
Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.
Chacala, Mexico
Tucked along a river are enigmatic stone carvings created thousands of years ago.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.
Gasadalur Village, Faroe Islands
This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .
Oyndarfjørður, Faroe Islands
Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea.
Faroe Islands
In Faroese legend, this sinister horse-shaped beast lures unsuspecting passersby only to drown them in the lake.
Ely, England
A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.
Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands
This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.
Padua, Italy
The tomb of the mythological founder of Padua is not hidden in some obscure crypt, but stands right in the middle of the city square.
Stará Bystrica, Slovakia
The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.
York, England
This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.
Padua, Italy
One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.
Duzluk, Croatia
Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.
Wilkieston, Scotland
Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.
Tallinn, Estonia
A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.