highley,shropshire/salop.england,uk

This village was once owned by lady godiva.

ailsa craig,south ayrshire,scotland,uk

This is where the stone used for the scottish wonen's curling team curling stone that won gold in the 2002  winter olympics was quarried.

clos luce near amboise,france

This is where leonardo(sp?) da vinci lived his last days.

st seurin d'uzet, charente-maritime department,france

THe first village in europe to produce caviar.

urgup,nevsehir province,turkey

This is said to be where st george slain the dragon.

area also has lots of subterranean homes etc

http://subterranean-travel-and-places.blogspot.com/

meryem ev,izmir province,turkey

This is where the virgin mary is said to have lived her last days.
(She is also said to have once lived in ephesus(sp?))

Tarsus,mersin province,turkey

This is where st paul was born around the year AD(anno  domini).

Yaylayar,artvin province,turkey

This village is home to 130 kinds of butterflies.(there is a butterfly park)

gubbio,umbria region,italy

This is where a thin seam of the meteorite dust thought to have wiped the dinosaurs out.
The is I believe enriched in iridium,which marks the k-t boundary.

stourhead,wiltshire,england,uk

Pride and prejudice as well as barry lyndon was filmed here.

Figueres,catalonia,spain

Salvador Dali was born here in 1904.
(Later he lived in port lliget with his wife)