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Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.

The field of tiny caves that mark this Chinese cliffside are each their own historic Buddhist temple.

Discovered after draining a local pond, these ancient man-made caves are still a complete mystery.

A Black Forest cuckoo clock theme park features one timepiece big enough to walk inside.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.

In the town of Åtvidaberg, the midday sun sets off a loud cannon boom.

It's 2 billion years old!

Lima’s Museum of Anthropology is lined with thousands of elongated human craniums.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

This small stone chapel is a hidden gem just outside the University of New Hampshire campus.