Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

This natural wonder is disappearing at an alarming rate.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

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

A red-brick beacon stands against the tempestuous Atlantic, on the windiest site in the United Kingdom.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

A beautiful Arctic museum and nature center preserves the culture of the Sámi people.

A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.

An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.

The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.