The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

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

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

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

This mine is home to the largest man-made hole in Europe.

This viaduct serves as a reminder of World War II.

Largest illuminated advertisement sign in the world.

A century-long search for a church that was never there.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Originally used to sell brandy, the bull-shaped billboard became an iconic symbol of Spain.

This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.

Wander among free-roaming storks at the sanctuary that helped save them from local extinction.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

The shortest in the world, this landing strip stretches a mere 1,312 feet before steep cliffs on either end plunge into the Caribbean.

This historic spot was where America's involvement in the Vietnam War officially came to an end.

This museum has a most unusual location: inside a giant, three-headed elephant.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.