Pembroke, Wales
St. Govan's Chapel
A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.
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Pembroke, Wales
A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.
San Bernardo, Colombia
No one knows for sure why this town's dead refuse to rot.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.
Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.
Montclair, New Jersey
Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
London, England
This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.
London, England
London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
London, England
Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.
London, England
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
San Francisco, California
Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Atlanta, Georgia
A slanted tomb honors the faithful, furry companion of the Georgia Tech student body.
Howick, South Africa
A mesmerizing sculpture marks the site where the activist was arrested after evading capture for 17 months.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's deepest subway station is also a stunning ecological wonder.
Hòa Vang, Vietnam
This spectacular bridge supported by two gigantic hands looks like something out of a fantasy universe.
London, England
One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.
Taipei, Taiwan
An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
This sacred fig tree with a link to the Buddha is one of the oldest human-planted trees in the world.
Bruges, Belgium
The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.
Saranac Lake, New York
Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.