Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

An ominous concrete cube cuts a dystopian silhouette atop this California mountain.

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

This Arizona observatory is famous for investigations into Martian life, and as the place humans first spotted Pluto.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.

Where the alchemists dream of transmuting base metal into gold was actually achieved.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

A popular tourist cave with a dark past.