The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

A surreal paleontological sculpture garden pays homage to a fading industry.

This enormous sculpture honors an English town's engineering and industrial heritage

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.

Hollywood's oldest hotel is the site of the first Academy Awards, the birthplace of Marilyn Monroe's career, and the home of Montgomery Clift's ghost.

This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

An early 20th-century bullring converted into a modern shopping center.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.

Known as the leaning temple, the sacred structure has somehow developed a severe nine-degree slant.

Many Hindus make the long pilgrimage to this holy city to have their remains burned on the banks of the Ganges River.

This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

Central America's deepest lake is actually a volcanic caldera, surrounded by three volcanoes.

These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.

Monkeys inhabit the lush forest surrounding ancient Mayan ruins once considered sacred.