A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.

This small New York museum celebrates the mountainous artwork of a Russian mystic.

A monolithic monument in Greater London.

Train debris from the deadliest avalanche in United States history can still be found in the ravine where so many perished.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.

The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

Outsider art meets hard scrabble mountain life in this woodcarver's home/art piece.

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.

This shallow cave got its name from copious amount of human bones found inside.

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

Traversing steep Alpine slopes, this engineering marvel is one of the longest and highest funiculars in the world.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

The inscribed stone at Kilnasaggart is a remnant from nearly a millennium ago.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.