Gwynedd, Wales
Portmeirion Village
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
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Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
London, England
Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Weston, England
Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.
Stow-on-the-Wold, England
This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.
Alnwick, England
This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.
London, England
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.
Nottingham, England
Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Townville, South Carolina
A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.
Uchon, France
Erosion left these fascinating granite formations strewn across fields and mountains in Burgundy.
Oslo, Norway
This record shop and unofficial black metal museum is an ode to Oslo's heaviest musical export.
St. John's, Isle of Man
Believed to be the former location of one of the earliest Viking assemblies in Europe.
Chinguetti, Mauritania
An architectural relic that survived the hands of time.
La Magdeleine, Italy
These ruins on Mont Tantané dates back to the Iron Age, but there is limited evidence for why a village was built so far from water or other resources.
Powell, Tennessee
A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.
Ville Platte, Louisiana
A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.
Mandeville, Louisiana
This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.
Livingston, Scotland
Scotland is filled with standing stones that date back hundreds or thousands of years. This is not one of them.
Milwaukie, Oregon
Get your cosplay on at Milwaukie’s only Medieval fantasy-themed mead hall.
Ithaca, New York
For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.