A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

Etchings in a pile of boulders on the Long Island Sound are a monument to vanquished native peoples.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A British plaque explains that a house was built using the spoils of the first international golf bet.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.