New York, New York
The Elevated Acre
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
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New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Chipping Norton, England
This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.
Bath, England
This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.
Weybridge, England
The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.
Swindon, England
This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.
Cherhill, England
The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Alton Barnes, England
This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Salisbury, England
The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.
Seaview, England
This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.
Ryde, England
The Isle of Wight’s “Island Line” serviced by former London Underground trains from the 1930s.
Minstead, England
This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.
Winchester, England
A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.
Southampton, England
This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.
Southampton, England
Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.
Southampton, England
A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.