One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.

The last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city of Berlin.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

Legend says this mysterious stone head belongs to a woman who was petrified by an alchemist.

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

This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.

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

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

Outside the National Dinosaur Museum, dozens of dinosaur statues and sculptures claim the landscape.

With a surface area of nearly 500 square meters, welcome to the world's largest paraboloidal dish solar concentrator.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

A small mountain cave tucked away along Kings Highway has become a shrine to the beloved character.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.

The Adriatic's most famous wind can be reliably experienced in the city's Marina.