Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

A roadway designed for a visiting monarch.

A sculpture of graceful storks sits atop this fountain in Independence Square.

This controversial monument was designed to lionize the Red Army, but also disheartened the Latvian people.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.

Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.

This small museum nestled inside a souvenir shop is dedicated to Sweden's most well-known toy.

Remnants of the city's Soviet history hover over this modern fast-food outlet.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

This restored eighth-century palace is a shining example of ancient Umayyad architecture.

The statue of a legendary giant who carried Christ and shouldered the world's sins.