This film studio and amusement park is considered one of the greatest filming locations in China.

This small Spanish village still pays homage to the Spaghetti Western films that were shot there in the 1960s.

A decaying, yet still functioning, work of communist architecture.

An ancient church on a tiny island covered in stone bible stories has controversially been turned into a museum.

The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.

Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

A tiny island is connected to the mainland by a private railway that residents travel in their own personal wagons.

This densely-packed cluster of buildings was saved from the wrecking ball and turned into an art community.

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

Standing proud atop a Turkish bluff, this Ottoman palace has retained its grandeur despite being abandoned for centuries.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

Retirement home for giant obsolete machines.

This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.

When this 18th-century observatory's meridian was moved, it set Sweden's time back by 0.04 seconds.

Sweden's largest optical telescope sits on a rooftop in Stockholm.

Visible at low tide, this rusting vessel is one of the last surviving examples of the X-Class "Midget" submarines.

Iceland's only steampunk shop imagines a retro-futuristic world that never was.

A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.

This excellent museum recreates the boom days of the herring rush in the "Atlantic Klondike."

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.