This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

The last manually operated turntable ferry in the world.

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

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

A student driver's nightmare.

Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.

Where Venice's gondolas go for a tune-up.

An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.

The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.