One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Cairns built to bring travelers good luck stretch across the land like miniature stone mountains.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese Shrine.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

Bullet holes in the church wall are a reminder of the violence that followed the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi officer.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.

Each year this Japanese temple overflows with scowling, bearded good luck talismans.

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

A safari-themed castle in the South African bush with the largest maze in the southern hemisphere.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.