Brooklyn, New York
Mount Prospect Park
This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.
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Brooklyn, New York
This city park was once a lookout point for George Washington’s army during the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776.
Calgary, Alberta
The New Central Library is a masterpiece of contemporary architecture in the midst of downtown Calgary.
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.
Minions, England
Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.
Broadway, England
A petite castle folly in the English countryside.
Chastleton, England
Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.
Selçuk, Turkey
This crumbling medieval basilica once attracted pilgrims by the thousands to collect a miraculous dust that formed above the saint's tomb.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.
Kobe, Japan
An astounding annual light display honors the victims of one of Japan's most devastating earthquakes.
Varese, Italy
A once-luxurious, now abandoned hotel in the Italian Alps.
Kobe, Japan
An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.
Solovetskiy, Russia
No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Trethevy, England
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.
Trethevy, England
These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.
Manchester, England
A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.
San Diego, California
This futuristic bridge is one of the longest self-anchored pedestrian bridges in the world.
Haxey, England
One of England's oldest ongoing games is basically a town-wide scrummage that aims to push a leather tube into a local pub.
West Stockwith, England
In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.
Saint Davids, Wales
A Neolithic tomb hidden among a spectacular boulder-strewn stretch of coast.
New York, New York
One of the only single-person private gravesites in New York City.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.