This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

An outstanding and haunting glimpse of the horrors of the Great Famine of Ireland.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.

This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.