A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.

When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.

This Greek temple, open only an hour a day, was the site of a war of tastes between an architect and an artist.

The Belgian library displays burned books that were salvaged from the fires of both world wars.

UNESCO-protected ancient burial ground.

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

A student driver's nightmare.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.