Places to Go
Where to go in Europe: destinations, city guides, hidden gems and travel news.
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20 brilliant UK family days out for summer
From 100,000 sunflowers in Gower and cosmic art in Galloway to a bat safari and messing about in boats, there’s enough here to kee…
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Belden Point in Bronx, New York
Anyone who wanders to the very end of City Island Avenue will reach a small seating area looking out over the waters of Long Islan…
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Grace Episcopal Church of City Island in Bronx, New York
Many New Yorkers will be familiar with Manhattan’s Grace Church, a French Gothic masterpiece built in 1846–1847 on Broadway. Or, i…
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Queens Pride in Queens, New York
Queens Boulevard isn’t traditionally thought to be a very scenic route when you drive down it, but Sonny ‘Sundancer&rs…
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Elmhurst Sculpture Garden in Queens, New York
The strips of green next to the highway offramps tend to be pretty desolate, populated with weeds and trash. The pocket next to wh…
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Old Stone House of Brooklyn in Brooklyn, New York
Though it's not mentioned as often as Yorktown or Valley Forge in the annals of American Revolutionary War history, Brooklyn had a…
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H.H. Richardson House in Staten Island, New York
Henry Hobson Richardson is one of the most famous American architects of all time, known for designing a number of iconic structur…
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Queen's Quay Whale Vertebra in Toronto, Ontario
The Royal Ontario Museum is one of the premier institutions in Canada, which often makes it a destination for local paleontol…
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The Jelling Stone Replica in London, England
Near Regent's Park, beside the Danish Church, stands a curious tribute to the church's Scandinavian roots, a replica of one of Den…
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Aphra Behn Statue in Canterbury, England
On Canterbury's High Street stands a statue of Aphra Behn, a woman who defied societal constraints and indelibly shaped the landsc…
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Humphrey the M5 Camel in East Bower, England
After more than 25 years of standing in a field between Junctions 23 and 24 of the M5 in Somerset, this fiberglass sculpture has b…
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The Temple of Claudius in Colchester, England
In 43 AD, after the Roman conquest, the Romans' first colony and legionary fortress in Britannia (Britain) was established in Colc…
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Knute Rockne Statue in Notre Dame, Indiana
When the going gets tough and you are really up against it, are you going to be inspired to go out and try your hardest by being t…
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Statue of Lennie Gwyther and His Horse Ginger Mick in Leongatha, Australia
9-year-old Lennie spent his spare time helping at the family’s farm, and when his father was incapacitated following a serious acc…
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Kilmodan Stones in Glendaruel, Scotland
Located in the quiet village of Glendaruel in the Argyll and Bute region of Scotland, the Kilmodan Stones are a collection of anci…
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Roadside America Museum in Hillsboro, Texas
Carroll Estes has spent his life fixated on the past. Professionally, he made his living through his restoration shop Carroll’s Cl…
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Saint-Thibault Chapel in La Chapelle-au-Mans, France
On a remote hill in the middle of nowhere in southern Burgundy stands a small chapel. Nobody knows exactly how long it has been ar…
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Major Adams Monument in Johannesburg, California
The X-15 rocket plane program is barely remembered today, but it was the first venture by crewed craft to the edge of space. The r…
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Crankshaft Crossing in Goldfield, California
Also known as Crankshaft Junction, this is another intersection in the Death Valley backcountry with a quirky tradition: the site …
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The Lost Forest in Christmas Valley, Oregon
In the Pleistocene, ponderosa pine forests extended much farther east into central Oregon than they do at present, reflecting the …
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MK Tunnels in Orangeville, Utah
By 1950 what was to become known as the Cold War was settling into place. The Soviet Union had detonated a nuclear device in the l…
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Palmetto in Goldfield, Nevada
Usually, ghost town ruins right on a major modern highway are either hardly recognizable, or else are all "touristy." The ruins at…
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Tongyili & Tongdeli in Suzhou Shi, China
The Green Gang, possibly the biggest and most influential mafia in modern China, are mostly associated with the glitz and glamour …
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Steve Ovett's Foot in Brighton, England
A runner’s feet may be his most important asset, so it’s rather fitting that the only remaining feature of a statue commemorating …