Visit the Kinderdijk Windmills in the NetherlandsAt Kinderdijk, nineteen windmills stand along the water as part of a working Dutch landscape rather than a decorative backdrop. Paths, canals and turning sails reveal how generati…
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Visit the Kinderdijk Windmills in the NetherlandsAt Kinderdijk, nineteen windmills stand along the water as part of a working Dutch landscape rather than a decorative backdrop. Paths, canals and turning sails reveal how generati…
Visit the London AquariumStep beneath the South Bank and move through tanks filled with sharks, rays, jellyfish, tropical fish and other marine life at SEA LIFE London Aquarium. The route takes you throug…
Visit the Louvre in ParisThe Louvre begins before the first painting. You cross a palace courtyard, pass beneath the glass pyramid and enter a building whose staircases, windows and painted ceilings keep…
Visit the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThe tunnel opens, the pitch appears and even an empty Maracanã seems to hold the memory of crowds. On matchday the architecture becomes secondary to songs, flags and the sudden ro…
Visit the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne, AustraliaThe Melbourne Cricket Ground is both a vast sporting arena and a place where Australian cricket, Australian rules football and public history intersect. A match day supplies the s…
Visit the Mendenhall Glacier Caves in Alaska, USAThe official trail opens onto Mendenhall Lake with Nugget Falls dropping at one side and the glacier withdrawn into the valley beyond. It is a striking place even before the famou…
Visit the Museum of LiverpoolStand on Liverpool’s waterfront and explore the people, music, transport and arguments that shaped the city. The Museum of Liverpool brings large objects and personal stories toge…
Visit the Museum of Zoology in CambridgeStart with the enormous whale skeleton and work your way down to insects, fossils and specimens that show the astonishing variety of animal life. Cambridge’s Museum of Zoology pac…
Visit the National Museum of ScotlandMove from natural history and science to design, technology and the story of Scotland across a building that can easily fill a day. The National Museum of Scotland gives families…
Visit the National Railway MuseumStand beside famous locomotives, peer into engineering details and feel the scale of railway history inside York’s great museum halls. The National Railway Museum works for famili…
Visit the National Science and Media MuseumExplore how photographs, film, television, games and sound are made, recorded and shared. The National Science and Media Museum in Bradford turns everyday screens and images into…
Visit the National Waterfront MuseumExplore how industry, innovation and working lives changed Wales inside a museum beside Swansea’s waterfront. The National Waterfront Museum uses machines, objects and personal st…
Visit the Natural History Museum in LondonStand beneath the blue whale, come face to face with dinosaurs and follow cabinets full of fossils, minerals and creatures from every corner of the natural world. The Natural Hist…
Visit the Old City of JerusalemEnter the Old City through one of its gates and follow limestone lanes that fold between markets, courtyards and places of worship. Within a compact walled area, the Jewish, Chris…
Visit the Ozark Caverns in Missouri, USAOzark Caverns offers the quiet thrill of walking into the geology beneath Missouri rather than only looking across the Ozark landscape. The route passes limestone formations, cave…
Visit the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, FranceVersailles is an estate rather than a single gilded room: the palace, formal gardens, park, Trianon buildings and Queen’s Hamlet reveal different scales of monarchy and court life…
Visit the PhilippinesThe Philippines is not one trip but an archipelago of choices: limestone islands reflected in clear water, rice landscapes, crowded cities, reefs and neighbourhood tables where th…
Visit the pink lagoon in Yallabatharra, AustraliaHutt Lagoon is a large salt lake near Port Gregory whose water can appear pink, lilac or red as light and conditions change. It is a worthwhile stop for people drawn to unusual na…
Visit the Pitt Rivers MuseumWalk into a museum where thousands of objects are gathered by type, so masks sit with masks and tools with tools from many different places and periods. The Pitt Rivers Museum in…
Visit the polesStand at the top of the world, then travel as far south as it is possible to go. Visiting both the Geographic North Pole and Geographic South Pole means reaching 90°N and 90°S, tw…
Visit The Potteries Museum & Art GallerySee finely made ceramics, local objects and treasures from the Staffordshire Hoard in the city that gave the Potteries their name. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery makes cra…
Visit the Rila Monastery in BulgariaRila Monastery appears in a mountain valley behind severe stone walls, then opens into painted arcades, striped arches and a church alive with colour. The contrast makes the court…
Visit the Royal Air Force Museum LondonStep into hangars filled with aircraft and look up at machines whose scale is difficult to grasp from a photograph. The Royal Air Force Museum London makes aviation history physic…
Visit the Royal Armouries Museum in LeedsSee armour built for battle, ceremony and display across galleries that span many places and centuries. The Royal Armouries Museum in Leeds turns objects often seen only in films…
Visit the Sacred City of Kandy | Sri LankaReach Sri Lanka’s hill country and explore Kandy, a city shaped by the last independent Sinhalese kingdom and centred on the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic. The lake, surroundin…
Visit the Sainsbury CentreSee art inside a landmark modern building, then step outside and follow sculpture across open parkland. The Sainsbury Centre in Norwich makes the boundary between gallery and land…
Visit the San Antonio Missions in Texas, USAFollow the San Antonio River south and move through a chain of mission communities built in the 18th century. Mission Concepción still contains original frescoes, Mission San José…
Visit the San Siro football stadium, ItalyThe red roof girders appear above the Milan streets before the full stadium does. Inside, the steep tiers draw every sightline towards the pitch, and a building known from televis…
Visit the Science and Industry MuseumExplore machines, experiments and big ideas on a Manchester site bound up with the history of industry. The Science and Industry Museum makes familiar technologies feel newly stra…
Visit the Science Museum in LondonWalk beneath rockets, peer into the machines that changed everyday life and let the family argue cheerfully over which invention matters most. The Science Museum turns big ideas a…
Visit the Scottish HighlandsThe Scottish Highlands are compelling less as a single viewpoint than as a sequence of changing landscapes: a glen opening beyond a bend, weather moving across a ridge, a quiet lo…
Visit the Shell Grotto in MargateA plain entrance in Margate leads down into a passage where shells cover the walls and ceiling until the surface itself seems to move. The scale is intimate rather than monumental…
Visit the Solomon IslandsFly into Honiara, then keep going by boat or small aircraft until the capital gives way to reefs, rainforest and scattered island communities. The Solomon Islands are spread acros…
Visit the Statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, BrazilRide up through Tijuca National Park to the top of Corcovado Mountain and stand beneath one of the most recognisable statues in the world. Christ the Redeemer rises above Rio with…
Visit the Statue of Liberty and Ellis IslandThe Statue of Liberty changes as the ferry leaves Manhattan: first part of the skyline, then a figure with its own scale, standing between the harbour and the histories carried th…
Visit the Statue of Liberty in New York USAThe Statue of Liberty changes as the ferry approaches: first a familiar outline, then copper folds, rivets and a scale that photographs flatten. Behind it, New York Harbour turns…
Visit the Sydney Opera House in AustraliaApproach from Circular Quay and the familiar white sails stop behaving like a logo. Their tiled surfaces catch the harbour light, the curves separate into a sequence of shells and…
Visit the Taman Ayun Temple in IndonesiaA moat separates Taman Ayun from the road, and beyond it tiered meru roofs rise in dark silhouettes above courtyards and gardens. The stillness is not decorative alone; this is a…
Visit the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, TürkiyeNear Selçuk in modern Türkiye, a single reconstructed column stands in wet ground where the Temple of Artemis once dominated the ancient city. The surviving remains are modest, ye…
Visit the temples of Bagan in MyanmarAt first light, brick stupas emerge from the plain one by one until the horizon becomes a record of centuries of devotion. Bagan's scale is moving, but its deeper character comes…
Visit the Tham Ting Caves in LaosTravel up the Mekong from Luang Prabang, step off beneath a limestone cliff, and climb into caves crowded with Buddha images. Tam Ting, more commonly known to visitors as the Pak…
Visit the Thomas Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DCFrom across the Tidal Basin, the Jefferson Memorial looks almost weightless: a white dome held above the water and framed by sky, trees and the long curve of the shore. Inside, th…
Visit the Ulster MuseumExplore art, history and natural science beside Belfast Botanic Gardens. The Ulster Museum gives families several different routes through the same building, from ancient objects…
Visit the United Arab EmiratesThe United Arab Emirates is often seen first as a skyline, but the journey becomes more interesting when the glass towers are placed beside older trading neighbourhoods, desert ed…
Visit the V&A Wedgwood CollectionFollow the story of Wedgwood through ceramics that combine design, experiment and manufacturing skill. The V&A Wedgwood Collection at Barlaston turns familiar tableware into a…
Visit the Van Gogh Museum in The NetherlandsWalk into the Van Gogh Museum and meet the artist through the work itself: self-portraits, landscapes, drawings, letters and the paintings that chart how quickly his style changed…
Visit the Waitomo glow worm caves, New ZealandThe Waitomo Glowworm Cave combines limestone chambers with a quiet boat ride beneath thousands of tiny lights made by native glowworms. It suits travellers who enjoy natural spect…
Visit the White House, Washington DC, USAA public White House tour offers a close look at the working residence and ceremonial centre of the United States presidency. It suits visitors interested in politics, architectur…
Visit the Zion National Park in Utah, USAZion begins vertically. Cream and red cliffs rise from the Virgin River, narrow the sky and make even the shuttle ride into the canyon feel like an entrance. Trails then turn that…
Visit Times Square in New YorkTimes Square is built from competing signals: theatre signs, giant screens, taxis, music and a crowd that keeps rearranging itself beneath the lights. At dusk, the brightness arri…