A symbol of hope, survival, and national character, especially after it rose phoenix like from the flames.

The supreme shrine of the state.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

A unique bridge with an equally unique view.

The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”

A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.

It's believed a castle existed at this site since the 12th century.

This remote Scottish island has the only round church in the nation.

If you can’t dive into a whisky cask, this swimming pool might be the next best thing. 

A former church that has been chronicling the Scottish island of Islay's rich history since the 70s.

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.