Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

One of Vietnam's most iconic landmarks was built by Japanese traders and is now in danger of sinking.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

A network of bells in the pubs and restaurants around Westminster alerts politicians when it's time to cast their votes.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

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

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

It's said this was once the home of King James V's pet lion.

This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.

A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."

These formal gardens were designed to be admired from the vantage point of the castle.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.