Inside this station, the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" is played on a loop daily.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

Queensland's largest dam includes a winding spillway that offers drivers a mesmerizing sight.

Everything about this over-size novelty animal is huge including its testicles.

White cockroaches and other cave species occupy this massive series of lava tubes.

When you get to Magnetic Hill park near the sign, put your vehicle in neutral gear, and watch it roll uphill...

Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."

An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.

A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.

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

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.

It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.

An ancient Viking runestone hidden in plain view in Stockholm's old town.