Bristol, England
The Llandoger Trow
A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.
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Bristol, England
A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.
Hamelin Pool, Australia
Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.
Chonchi, Chile
A wooden dock art installation on Chiloé Island taps into the island's indigenous mythology.
Robertsfors N, Sweden
The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.
Lonaconing, Maryland
The first blast furnace in the United States that used coal and coke fuel instead of charcoal to make pig iron.
Genoa, Nevada
Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.
Pine Swamp, Pennsylvania
A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.
Budapest, Hungary
On Gellért Hill, this statue depicts the tragic tale of lovers divided by the Danube.
Pringy, Switzerland
Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.
Meaux, France
Visit a museum dedicated to the “the king of cheeses.”
Nashville, Tennessee
At this Nashville restaurant, cheese and charcuterie arrive via conveyor belt.
Hawthorne, California
The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.
Gloucester, England
Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.
Zeitz, Germany
A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.
Perth, Ontario
A fake block of cheese remembers a feat of dairy engineering from the Chicago World's Fair.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.
Coldstream, Scotland
This Scottish tollhouse was a destination for clandestine marriages in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Teguise, Spain
The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.
Les Rousses, Switzerland
Part of this hotel resides in Switzerland, the other in France, and the border splits the honeymoon suite.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
This residence straddles a border between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Allenwood, Pennsylvania
Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.
Melrose, Scotland
The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.