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Iron Fountain Gyumri

Gyumri, Armenia

Iron Fountain Gyumri

It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.

Tiptree Jam Museum entrance.

Tiptree, England

Tiptree Jam Museum

As the Royal Family's jam supplier, this museum displays relics from the two world wars, farm equipment, a four legged chick, and other curiosities.

The Kelpies.

Grangemouth, Scotland

The Kelpies

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Ronda, Spain

Ronda, Spain

Ronda, Spain

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel

Putty, Australia

Newnes Glow Worm Tunnel

Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.

Gippsland Lakes Bioluminescence

Raymond Island, Australia

Gippsland Lakes Bioluminescence

Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.

Hobbiton

Matamata, New Zealand

Hobbiton

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Giethoorn

Giethoorn, Netherlands

Giethoorn

This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.

The algae-filled pond of Moseley Bog.

Birmingham, England

Moseley Bog

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

Whittier, Alaska

Whittier, Alaska

Whittier, Alaska

This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.

Foggy day on Helvellyn  in 1984

Penrith, England

Striding Edge, Helvellyn

Rai Stones

Micronesia

Rai Stones

Giant money stones of Yap.

Totoro stares out

Mitaka, Japan

Ghibli Museum

A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.

Kochia Hill

Hitachinaka, Japan

Kochia Hill

Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.

Palm Temple

Bristol, England

Palm Temple

This kaleidoscopic structure is perhaps Bristol’s most unusual temple

Sembawang Hot Spring

Singapore, Singapore

Sembawang Hot Springs

A hidden hot spring in Singapore with a surprising history.

The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski

Le Mans, France

The Rabbit Hole, Rue Jankowski

A rainbow tunnel painted across three buildings and six storeys pulls a child (and every passerby) straight down the rabbit hole, ranked among the world's best murals the year it went up.

The Birdhouse Tree of Riga

Rīga, Latvia

The Birdhouse Tree of Riga

A bare tree in Riga’s Esplanāde is transformed into an extraordinary vertical neighbourhood by scores of colourful bird nesting boxes clustered across its trunk and branches.

Exterior of St Olave's, taken from Seething Lane.

London, England

St Olave Hart Street

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

Caveman Blue & Raspberry vanilla jam

Central Point, Oregon

Rogue Creamery

Founded in 1933, this creamery has produced world-class cheeses and was the first American creamery to win a world champion title at the World Cheese Awards.

Main Post Office, Skopje, 1974

Skopje, North Macedonia

Post Office and Telecommunications Center

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber

Cardiff, Wales

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber

Sitting in a quiet field just west of Cardiff is a well-preserved megalithic burial chamber, topped with a 40-ton capstone

Warning sign

Devizes, England

Imber

This uninhabited ghost village was evacuated during World War II to become an urban warfare training facility

Front facade

Cardiff, Wales

Insole Court

Beautiful Victorian mansion on Cardiff's outskirts was once the family home of a South Wales coal mining dynasty.

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