One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.

A small church ornamented with medieval erotic sculptures.

A beautiful discovery site of prehistoric burials.

Napoleon's childhood home is now open for people to explore the beginnings of France's short general.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

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

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

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.

Early Medieval stones sit on display at the beautiful Govan Old Church in Glasgow.