An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.

A medieval stronghold rising over the ruins of ancient Roman villas along Rome's southern coast.

This breathtaking monastery was established by Saint Benedict himself 1,500 years ago.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

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

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

Celebrated as a center of civilization, the remains of the ancient city have been nearly destroyed by greed, egoism, and war.

The 3,600-year-old archeological sensation is considered to be the oldest representation of the cosmos.

This legendary city has been a tourist attraction for centuries.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

This permanent exhibition celebrates the finest of our heartless automatons both real and fictional.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

19th century pendulum and a clock restored by a rogue group of guerilla artists.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.