This massive metal scallop is a tribute to an English composer who once walked across this beach.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.

This ominous Albanian fortress houses tanks and downed planes as a reminder of their victories over Western imperialism.

A naturally beautiful, seemingly bottomless deep blue spring.

One of 200 religious buildings recognized as a “culture monument.” 

According to a local legend, this old castle could only be built after a woman was immured in the walls.

The elliptical citadel resisted the advance of the mighty Ottomans several times, thanks to the military prowess of the "Dragon of Albania."

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

A late 18th-century jail.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

The patches of trees pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

At the height of alum production at this factory, human urine was a valued commodity.