Alrewas, England
'Shot at Dawn' at the National Memorial Arboretum
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
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Alrewas, England
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
Stoney Stanton, England
The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.
Baginton, England
A mysterious Castle is now home to a rare breed of goat.
Birmingham, England
An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.
Tanworth in Arden, England
The gravestone of a delicate singer-songwriter bears a fittingly introspective epitaph.
Warwick, England
A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.
Warwickshire, England
The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.
Rashwood, England
A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Welford-on-Avon, England
One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.
Portland, Oregon
One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
York, Maine
The grave of Mary Nasson is shrouded by witchy legends.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Antwerpen, Belgium
A curious stone in a public square commemorates the victims of witch-burning.
Bruges, Belgium
A piece of stonework relief commemorates the site where the Devil's rage, and odd apparel, destroyed a house.
Bruges, Belgium
The oldest cemetery in Belgium.
Bruges, Belgium
You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.
Bruges, Belgium
The compass on its front was a handy tool for 17th-century merchants who needed to know the direction of the wind.
Bruges, Belgium
The spectacular and eerie moss-covered grave site of 19th-century Belgian merchant.
Bruges, Belgium
Potato-peeling mannequins, Inca art, and a dangling tuber mobile help trace the history of fries at this Belgian museum.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.