The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

The most biologically diverse protected area in Africa is also the most dangerous.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

Two thousand feline artifacts fill Malaysia's "Cat City."

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

Groups of prehistoric tombs that dot the mountains of northern Oman.

This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.

An imposing Omani fortress surrounded by date palm trees.

The opulent car collection of an eccentric Sheikh housed in his own private pyramid.

Feed it cash, get your very own gold bar.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."