A well-preserved medieval village nested on a rocky outcrop and surrounded by a network of cliffs, natural bridges and canyons.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

In England, an 18th-century water-powered workshop still stands.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

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

Every birth, death, and marriage is recorded in these color-coded leather-bound books.

This Roman relic was discovered in Scotland by a mudlarking ferryman.

A former telephone box found new life as a photo booth and charity fundraiser.

The 20th-century chapel’s intricate woodwork includes amazing details, most notably angels playing bagpipes.

The world’s first museum dedicated to the history of childhood opened in Edinburgh in 1955.