A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

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

The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.

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

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This historic observatory was established to keep shipwrecks from littering the Cape of Good Hope.

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.

This Brazilian palace island was once the site of the last grand ball before revolution.

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

This Irish museum in a historic 19th century market pays tribute to the glory of butter.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.