Relics of Australia's convict past, and a modern scene of unimaginable horror.

This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.

Alien rock formations grown from the sands of an Australian national park.

A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.

This historic tall ship traveled 1.5 million miles around the globe, and once did duty as the mythical pirate ship in Peter Pan.

The 18th-century home was disassembled into 253 cases and brought all the way from the other side of the world.

Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.