During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

The wooden airship was the largest flying boat ever built.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

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

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.