This stone tower was built to protect Crete from incoming pirates.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

Following the trail of an old metro line, this scenic path is haunted by a creepy spriggan statue.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.

This former luxury resort in Kaua'i is now an abandoned relic.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.