This tower pays homage to a legendary Viking fort established in Massachusetts that never really existed.

The remnants of a fictional Viking village film set now serve as an educational and historical hotspot.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

One woman's Viking Castle on Lake Tahoe.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

A missing Roman legion was recreated in sculpture along a Scottish cycling route.

Once a safe haven for locals engaged in blood feuds, this 400-year-old fortified tower is now a museum showing what life was like for those lying in wait within its walls.

A mosaic map made of over 100,000 tiles depicts the geological features and sea creatures that live along this San Diego beachside community.

Take the most scenic fjord landscape in Norway and add dramatic red cliffs, warm clear water, and playful dolphins.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

One of the world's largest swinging bells is a symbol made from the melted aftermath of war.

A tower made from shell rock designed to commemorate fallen soldiers in World War I.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.

Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This love letter to Poland serves bracing dill pickle soup and plump pierogis.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

The best bagels in Berlin are tucked away in an independent bookstore.

From Carthage's Hannibal to riders of the Tour de France, many have crossed this scenic route through the Alps.