This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

A giant can of fruit cocktail is all that remains of what was once the world's largest cannery.

One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.

This dark, quiet forest on the outskirts of San Diego is dense with rumor and lore.

Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.