This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.

In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.

A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

This site contains overlapping ancient graveyards that existed about 1,000 years apart.

This crumbling 14th century chapel became so unstable the roofing apparently collapsed during a wedding ceremony, narrowly missing the curate's head.

Historical etchings such as “Miserable, wild, distracted 1350" and “The Archdeacon is an ass.”

A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

Taoism, Buddhist and Confucianism are all represented in this temple that claims to answer anyone's wishes.

A pair of trees near a Hong Kong shrine are said to grant wishes, but only the ones they hold on to.

These spartan apartments are provided to clergymen visiting Vatican City.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.

Swarms of dainty flying insects swarm into the Petaloudes Valley to get busy.

These ruins disappear beneath the waves every winter.

A superb spot to appreciate the traditional boats of the Indian Ocean.

Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.

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

This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.