The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

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

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

The much-beloved mascot of a local museum.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

Hidden within Sydney’s lush Royal Botanic Garden is a walled cactus rockery and the site of Australia's first zoo.

A statue of a Scottish cultural icon in central Sydney.

A four paneled, brightly multicolored mosaic adorns the side of this popular grocery store.

Beneath the southern end of the Golden Gate Bridge is the “Gibraltar of the West Coast,” a fort built to protect the San Francisco Bay from naval attack.

The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.

The grand, column-fronted, sculpture-adorned home of the ambitious digital library.

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

An enchanting tunnel of cypress trees leads to an old morse code station still used today.

This abandoned boat was left in place thanks to its rotting beauty.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

Only 68 people per day are allowed to visit this New Zealand bird-watcher’s paradise.

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