Borth, Wales
Forest of Borth
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
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Borth, Wales
A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Caerleon, Wales
This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.
Bath, England
Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.
Charlottesville, Virginia
The story behind the mysterious symbol painted in front of the historic university's famous Rotunda.
Herndon, Virginia
Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.
Arlington, Virginia
This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.
Arlington, Virginia
The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.
Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Arlington, Virginia
This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.
Arlington, Virginia
The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
Fairfax, Virginia
Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.
Port Royal, Virginia
The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.