Locals pay their respects at a shrine to soccer player Diego Maradona—which claims to contain a real lock of his hair.

A former smuggler's haven houses "The Chapel" and its mysterious carvings.

A cornucopia of gargoyles adorns the oldest portion of Oxford’s Magdalen College.

This modern artwork, inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, tells Battle's early history following the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest.

This toothy tower topper commemorates a valuable shark that washed ashore nearby.

This blue plaque commemorates the unexpected origin of one of the world's most beloved deserts.

An ancient well nestled at the foot of Glastonbury Tor, shrouded in Arthurian legend and revered for its purported healing waters.

A beautiful bronze statue of the greatest fossil hunter of the 19th century.

This work of art was conceived as a mosaic originally designed to decorate a car dealership.

This tiny triangular cottage is one of a kind in England, and has housed everything from a watchmaker's studio to coffin storage.

Tradition says that William the Conqueror dined on this stone after landing his Norman invasion fleet nearby.

This seaside property, an example of Art Deco Streamline Moderne style, was designed to embody the curves of a great ship.

Legendary frontman of the Doors looms in this giant mural by famed Venice muralist, Rip Cronk.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

The real faces of Venice beach captured on Romanesque columns.

Steinbeck's old stomping grounds, immortalized in Cannery Row.

The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.

Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.

Meet 'Big Josh,' the 20-foot-tall muffler man.

This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.

This gate served as a small lock-up jail in the 14th century.

The first statue to be added to Saint Peter's Square in over 350 years is an ode to migrants and refugees around the world.

A freedman baker’s lavish tomb has a relief showing various stages of Roman bread making.

A museum dedicated to the centuries-old cave dwellings that housed marginalized communities on the outskirts of the former capital of Muslim Spain.