A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.

A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.

This 16th-century Moroccan fortress-turned-armory museum offers prime views of the historic quarter in Fes.

Thousands of narrow alleyways in an ancient medieval city make up what's believed to be the world's largest car-free urban zone.

The other side is actually green.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

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

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

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

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

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

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.