A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Shakespeare has been brought to life in this open air theater for the better part of a century.

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

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

An intricately decorated tiny place of worship.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This stately Victorian-era burial ground overlooking the Pacific Ocean is home to the graves of some of British Columbia's most famous figures.

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

This historic cemetery stopped accepting bodies before many Canadian cities were founded.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

Built in 1821 using rooms from another estate, the Phillips House is the only historic home on scenic Chestnut Street open to the public.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The first island in the world designated a light-pollution-free astronomical observation point.

One of the world's smallest prisons boasts just two small cells.

This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.

A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

An American city stranded at the tip of a Canadian peninsula where strict adherence to the "49th parallel rule" became problematic.

City Council meetings still happen in this historic building, impeccably preserved on the inside.

New York City's only preserved family home from the 19th century.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.