Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

One of Rome's most picturesque and original bridges was also a popular choice for Grand Tour artists.

This is the oldest Roman-made bridge in the city still existing in its original state.

A small island in Lake Garda that was used as a burial site, pirate hideout, and a monastery.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

This museum honors the young maritime hero who became an unexpected Victorian-era celebrity.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.

This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?

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

The colorful stairs are made with marble from the world's major quarries.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.