Places matthewboudier Wants to Go

Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.

This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

Quirky outsider art transforms this garden shop into a little stone fantasyland.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.