A chapel on a volcanic core, marking the end of a successful journey.

For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.

This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A cave dwelling that was started by the Celts, expanded by monks, and finished by knights.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

A unrivaled and rather horrifying collection of wax dermatological models.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

At the center of an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean is a deep chasm ringed by tall waterfalls.

A natural wonder in south Denmark.

An enchanting landscape of ancient sandstone structures eroded into otherworldly shapes.

The haunting complex honors the millions of Ukrainians who died in the forced famine under Soviet rule.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

This Minsk museum has cat coffee, cat chess, cat art, and even a cat "staff," which visitors are free to take home.

Plenty of old carney magic still haunts this photogenic amusement park.

An incredible menagerie of more than 3 million taxidermied animals at the oldest science museum in Europe.

Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.