This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

This plaque commemorates an amazing 19th-century sea rescue.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Venice's "Island of the Mad."

Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.

Hanging within this medieval church are the bones of a beast allegedly slain by a fourth-century saint.

This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

A 16th-century artillery fort built to protect England against European invasion.