This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.

This Japanese-inspired labyrinth of hot springs is hidden in a Chilean forest.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The real clothing store that inspired a fictional spy organization's front.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

An ancient hotspot for spotting schools of fish.

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

This suburban British town holds secrets that would have made the druids proud.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

This breathtakingly beautiful botanical garden is home to a mob of wonderful wallabies.

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.