This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.

Fragments of human bones are embedded in the walls of this quaint alley.

A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

A fabulously bizarre surrealist sculpture by the late artist Leonora Carrington.

Its incredible collections are dedicated to preserving Mexico's film history.

A jaw-dropping "megalibrary" that turns book-browsing into a geometric adventure.

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

An array of ancient artifacts from Bronze Age Bristol and other civilizations are housed in this museum.

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.

This unique rock formation is quite the local celebrity, although one day it may come crashing down.