This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

Anyone wanting to know what a dwarven mine sounds like need only visit the tunnels of this New Zealand artillery compound.

A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.

This 15th-century island fortress later served as home to the executioners no one wanted to live near.

A staircase made of gravestones leads up to this church built into a giant rock.

This slumbering beast honors the Bavarian soldiers who died in Greece during a 19th-century typhoid outbreak.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

In the quiet village of Fulmodestion, the ruins of a medieval church remain hidden among vines and foliage.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

This breathtakingly beautiful botanical garden is home to a mob of wonderful wallabies.

A beautiful medieval bridge allegedly constructed by the Devil.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

This amazing trail among the many waterfalls around Ingleton has been enchanting visitors since 1885.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.