The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

Religious perseverance and cultural coexistence manifest in an architectural gem that multiple wars couldn't topple.

Nordic giants resurrected from the sea and restored to their former greatness.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

A pair of connected skyscrapers form this symbolic gateway.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.