The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

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

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

This poignant display is now a memorial to these regionally extinct species.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

This impressive scene portrays the elusive forest giraffe of Central Africa.

This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

Here be dragons.