Portland, England
Portland Harbour Phoenix Caissons
These enormous concrete blocks played a vital role in one of history's most important days.
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Portland, England
These enormous concrete blocks played a vital role in one of history's most important days.
Sölden, Austria
A mountaintop museum of Bond props, sets, and cinematic secrets.
Perugia, Italy
Medieval streets buried beneath a papal fortress now form an underground city you can walk through.
Washington, D.C.
This map, on display in the Library of Congress, and one of only seven known to exist, is the very first map of the United States.
Twin Falls, Idaho
This hulking rock formation balances on a pedestal that is 3 feet by 17 inches.
Orton, England
One of Cumbria's largest stone circles, dating to the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.
Sweden
In the Swedish forest stands a stone with a deadly inscription, promising ruin and death to whoever disturbs it.
Senhora da Hora, Portugal
Once a thriving textile powerhouse, now a relic of what once was.
Lakewood, Ohio
An oddities shop with incredible permanent displays on top of its collection of purchasable curiosities.
Plouarzel, France
This might be the world’s tallest Bronze Age standing stone.
Doagh Beg, Ireland
An incredible natural formation along the Wild Atlantic Way.
Marlborough, England
Two standing stones are all that remains of a prehistoric installation.
San Sebastián, Spain
The forest hides a cemetery where members of the British Legion rest in peace.
Gollenberg, Germany
Visitors can tour this retired East German jetliner, and even get married inside.
Baconsthorpe, England
A striking ruined manor house in Norfolk, known for its picturesque setting and fascinating history.
Fire Island, New York
A rare forest habitat nestled behind two sand dunes.
Tiverton, Nova Scotia
This massive rock column in Canada is perched on a corner of its base, seeming to defy gravity.
Lyttelton, New Zealand
An uninhabited island in a New Zealand harbor with dozens of scuttled vessels.
Kemmerer, Wyoming
You can dig for your own 52-million-year-old fish fossils.
Aarhus, Denmark
This sculpture in Denmark presents Arnold Schwarzenegger embracing his own doppelgänger.
Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands
This mysterious, medieval cathedral remains unbuilt but fiercely protected.
Kunoy, Faroe Islands
The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands
This statue commemorates the tale of the fisherman who captured a Kópakonan by stealing her skin while she was transformed as a woman.
Corinth, Vermont
The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."