Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

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.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

The former Naval shipyard is open for exploring - mostly.

This historic California cemetery holds the bodies of veterans of both the Civil War and the Donner Party.

California's own medieval Italian castle, authentic down to the 300-year-old iron maiden in the dungeon.

The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.

The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.