Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.

The world's first and only escalator for lazy bicycles and their daunted riders.

A favorite with sightseers, this Norwegian funicular provides easy access to a stunning view of Bergen and its environs.

Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.

Walk behind a 50-meter-high waterfall.

A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.