A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

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

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

A preserved 18th century steel factory.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The "last holdout of the Confederacy” actually sat at the edge of the Canadian border.

This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

A collection of unique outdoor sculptures surounded by the beauty of nature.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

One of the first skyscrapers in Santa Monica, and a famous getaway for the Hollywood elite of then and now.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

The Giant Lemon of Lemon Grove.