Crawford, Scotland
Crawford Castle
These crumbling ruins are all that's left of the ancestral home of Clan Crawford.
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Crawford, Scotland
These crumbling ruins are all that's left of the ancestral home of Clan Crawford.
Battle, England
Every fifth of November, effigies of Guy Fawkes are thrown onto bonfires across Great Britain. But this Guy has managed to survive his fiery fate for almost 300 years.
Sliema, Malta
Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.
Hastings, England
A former smuggler's haven houses "The Chapel" and its mysterious carvings.
Halifax, England
This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).
Angier, North Carolina
A lovingly created and maintained collection of decorative gourd art.
Richmond, Virginia
Where three rails and three centuries of transportation meet.
West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
This solitary stone engraved with a poem from 1852 has a mysterious and tragic past.
London, England
These remnants of Old London Bridge possess unique acoustics that allow for whispered conversations to carry from one side to the other.
Lisnagrave, Ireland
The eerie remains of one of Ireland's oldest castles, said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who brings ill fate.
Cleveland, Ohio
The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands
This tombstone marks the spot where the legendary British spy met his end.
Hamilton, Ontario
A store that specializes in realistic replicas of pop culture weaponry.
Stockholm, Sweden
At low tide, you can see the remains of a 17th-century ship just off a Stockholm island.
Asmara, Eritrea
Take a ride back in time with a steam locomotive trip through Eritrea’s mountainous countryside.
Rome, Italy
Italian horror legend Dario Argento’s own shop hides a sinister museum-dungeon in the basement.
Monticello, Iowa
Spend the night in this former asylum for the incurably insane, which claims to be one of the most haunted places in the United States.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Renowned restaurant tucked in a cave once occupied by buccaneers.
Kyiv, Ukraine
This oddly shaped building is a surprising Soviet-era crematorium.
Oxford, England
A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.
Krakow, Poland
An artificial hill and apparent calendric structure built in the Early Middle Ages immortalizes a legendary Polish princess.
Surry, Virginia
Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.
Berlin, Germany
This public observatory is home to the "celestial cannon," the longest pointable telescope in the world.
Ouarzazate, Morocco
World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.