An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A solitary lighthouse in Spain was an inspiration to the great Jules Verne.

The oldest still-inhabited hill fort in India looks like a magnificent golden sandcastle.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

This opulent 16th-century Maharaja’s palace is a unique mix of Hindu and Muslim designs.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

A quaint medieval harbour where Benjamin Franklin landed in 1776.

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

A beautiful lighthouse with as many steps as days in the year, as many windows as weeks, and as many levels as months.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.