London, England
The Hardy Tree
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
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London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
Berlin, Germany
A tour of underground Berlin takes you through WWII air raid shelters and tunnels used to smuggle people out of East Germany.
Vero Beach, Florida
This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.
Tampa, Florida
Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
North Berwick, Scotland
This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
Airdrie, Scotland
A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.
Hereford, England
Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.
Barnard Castle, England
A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Scotland
Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.
Ayr, Scotland
This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.
Paisley, Scotland
The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.
Dunfermline, Scotland
A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.
Aviemore, Scotland
Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.
Fortingall, Scotland
Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.
Torwood, Scotland
The mystery of this small, brick pond eluded its possibly only investigator until his death.
Oxford, England
The names LĂșthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.
London, England
An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.
London, England
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.