Greece
The Lion of Chaeronea
Τhis feline monument commemorates fallen soldiers on a field that saw many, many battles.
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Greece
Τhis feline monument commemorates fallen soldiers on a field that saw many, many battles.
Tours, France
This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Bath and North East Somerset, England
An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.
Amherst, Massachusetts
This exhibit is one of the largest and most well-preserved collections of Jurassic-era trackways in the United States.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.
Blue Bell Hill, England
The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.
Jönköping N, Sweden
A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.
Dover, England
One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.
Sydney, Australia
The statue honors an adventurous seafaring cat.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.
Dublin, Ireland
The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Bruges, Belgium
A beer pipeline runs beneath Bruges.
Stavanger, Norway
A reconstructed farm shows what life was like in Norway 1,500 years ago.
Uppsala, Sweden
The official meeting point for the oddly named governing assembly of ancient Sweden.
Krimulda Parish, Latvia
This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.
Ribadesella, Spain
A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.
Luxor, Egypt
This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.
Winchester, England
Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.
Stamford, England
England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.
Beacon, New York
The remains of what was once the world's steepest passenger funicular.
Llandudno, Wales
The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.