Hermitage, Scotland
Hermitage Castle
This castle resides in a valley known for immense bloodshed during the Middle Ages.
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Hermitage, Scotland
This castle resides in a valley known for immense bloodshed during the Middle Ages.
Felsted, England
This 400-year-old house tells a tale of witchcraft and woodwork.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.
Olomouc, Czechia
A cheeky reminder about the value of art dangles above one of Olomouc's busiest streets.
Stromness, Scotland
Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
Machrie, Scotland
More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.
Covington, Virginia
The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.
Rabat, Morocco
Morocco’s modern capital was once a haven for Barbary pirates, who went so far as to establish a republic of their own.
Bristol, England
A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.
Nassau, Bahamas
This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.
Bahamas
The site of the earliest colonial settlement in the Bahamas started as a place of religious refuge.
Nassau, Bahamas
Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.
Bahamas
A full-scale sculpture of a mermaid and baby grand piano hidden underwater by David Copperfield.
Rokers Point Settlement, Bahamas
One of the most accessible undersea plane wrecks in the world.
Atlanta, Georgia
A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.
Whitby, England
The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.
Lido, Italy
The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.
Washington, D.C.
A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.
Washington, D.C.
There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.
Washington, D.C.
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland
These sculptures honor the knights who once called Carrickfergus Castle their stronghold.