Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

This 6th-century church honors St. Tudno, the patron saint of Llandudno.

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

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

Templar knights fleeing persecution are said to have left this sword in stone as a landmark in 1307.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The "Mona Lisa" of funerary art.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.

This museum is a full-size replica of an original church constructed during the 13th-century.

This museum located in Fondi is also said to be the most haunted building in town.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

These wooden pipes were crucial to providing water to Medieval Edinburgh.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

The stunningly blue waters of these beautiful caves also have a violent past.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

This mysterious Bronze Age standing stone has become a place where couples profess their love.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.