This naval gun is fired every day at noon, an odd timekeeping tradition the origin of which is local legend.

A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.

A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

Throughout this South Korean village, homes and businesses are covered in fantastic handpainted murals.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

France's high-tech, future-themed amusement park.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

Standing atop Wellington Hill is the world's tallest three-sided obelisk.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.