A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

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

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

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

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.

An old department store turned Nazi prison turned artist commune.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto.

Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.