Chester, England
Chester Imp
A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.
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Chester, England
A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.
Trethevy, England
These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
New York, New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
Launceston, England
A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.
Dublin, Ireland
The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
North Saanich, British Columbia
By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.
Offaly, Ireland
The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.
Thetford, England
This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.
Roche, England
This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.
Oxford, England
The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, New Zealand
The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Glasgow, Scotland
An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.
Wilkieston, Scotland
Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.
Alrewas, England
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
Amersfoort, Netherlands
This gigantic monument hidden in the woods was built to thank the Dutch for sheltering Belgian refugees during World War I.
Jönköping N, Sweden
A forest of immensely tall and unusually straight oak trees planted nearly 200 years ago to build naval ships that never came to be.
Mexico City, Mexico
A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.
London, England
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
Dunning, Scotland
A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.