Chesterfield, England
Chesterfield Snail
This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.
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Chesterfield, England
This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Llandudno, Wales
The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.
Dungeness, England
An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.
Brighton, England
One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
Fetlar, Scotland
On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.
Cramlington, England
A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.
Folkestone, England
One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.
Dunsyre, Scotland
This Arcadian garden in the Pentland Hills boasts over 270 artworks by Scottish artist and poet, Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Fraserburgh, Scotland
An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.
Elie, Scotland
The only fixed chain and post trail in Scotland snakes its way along the base of a towering seaside cliff.
Failford, Scotland
A historic cave in Scotland once served as a hiding place for a famous Covenanter.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Anstruther, Scotland
The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
Blantyre, Scotland
These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.
Burghead, Scotland
Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.
Lerwick, Scotland
During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.
Prague, Czechia
A sculpture of the iconic East German car on four legs is a tribute to those who traveled to Prague seeking asylum.
Prague, Czechia
An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.
Prague, Czechia
An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.
Prague, Czechia
The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.
Prague, Czechia
Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.
Prague, Czechia
The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.