A seaside town with no sea in sight.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

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

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The bright red stripes streaking across the rocks are the star feature at this Icelandic waterfall.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.