This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.

Florentine Renaissance style building in Switzerland, home to the world's largest taxidermy Great White Shark.

This building was designed to celebrate Italy's victory in World War I.

A stunning medieval castle houses this eclectic, interactive tribute to all things wine.

These spooky and unusual stone formations create an underworldly landscape.

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.

Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.

The masses at this church incorporate enough moonshine and animal sacrifice that they are no longer recognizably Catholic.

This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.

Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.

The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.