This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.

Near where the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition launched, there is a monument to 'Scott of the Antarctic'

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.

A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.

This castle has links to Portugal’s founding and struggles for independence.

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.

Few of the many visitors to this resort town know of its hidden Maya ruins.

This portion of a lovely Belize beach is infested with (harmless) sharks and rays.

The largest airborne operation in history was launched to capture this bridge.

Sample some of Iberia’s best tinned fish at this century-old cannery just north of Porto.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece until the Eiffel Tower was built.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.

A replica of one of the most complete mammoth skeletons discovered in England.

A small village in two different countries.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.