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

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

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

Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

This local art collective supports contemporary artists through a coveted residency program.

The farmhouse owned by the Danish author who wrote "Out of Africa" is now a museum honoring her legacy.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

A memorial to the only dog ever officially enlisted in the Royal Navy.

Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.

A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.

Haven for Cape Fur Seals, until the Ring of Death of jumping Great White Sharks arrives.

This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

What was once a unique system of urban elevators is turning into a mechanical ruin.

The southernmost Anglican cathedral in the world has whale bones standing in its yard.

Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.