London, England
Battersea Power Station
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
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London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
East Molesey, England
England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.
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.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Elsdon, England
A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.
County Durham, England
A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.
Puno, Peru
On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Cusco, Peru
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Lima, Peru
Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.
Pisco, Peru
The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.