Places Usedtobeferal Wants to Go

An engineering masterpiece, or “Scheme of Madness?”

Visible from both land and sea.

An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.

Hundreds of people walk past this palm tree every day without spotting its secret.

This Western Australian mint was established during the height of the Australian gold rush.

A beautiful hike through national parks, forests and beaches in Western Australia.

Incredible rock formations jut from the southern end of this spectacular stingray-viewing spot.

There's a lot of horsing around on this lonely stretch of Australian highway.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

One of the largest megalithic complexes in England, which local legend holds is a wedding party turned to stone by the Devil.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

An array of ancient artifacts from Bronze Age Bristol and other civilizations are housed in this museum.

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

This Grade II Listed Building with an Art Nouveau façade once contained a unique print shop.

There's a labyrinth of manmade tunnels stretching for over an acre beneath Bristol.

A medieval cave used to shelter local hermits now holds nearly 200 old Quaker gravestones.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

A 142-foot-tall Q-tip on Bristol's skyline.

A unique zoological park home to over 30 species of wild cats, both big and small.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.