Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.

It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.

A replica of the Roman emperor in glorious full color.

A lasting remnant of The Blitz.

The first woman in America to receive a medical degree.

The shiny silver little brother to Copenhagen's Little Mermaid statue.

Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.

A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.

A somber memorial honors the hundreds of thousands of lives lost at this labor and extermination camp.

It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."

This sculpture, residing in a quiet corner of a London park, honors the victims of 9/11.

Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.

This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.