This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

This hotel was once home to a steamliner company and became the final rest stop for Europeans heading to the New World.

An ancient water supply dating back almost 500 years can still be found standing in East Sussex.

Also known as Rye Castle, this 13th-century fortification later became a prison and held one of Rye's most famous criminals.

This audio art installation pays tribute to the weather and unique linguistic history of the archipelago.

The unexpected mascot of Shetland's capital.

Legend has it that a Dutch fisherman lost control of his Shetland pony and tumbled from this cliff.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

One Greenland town turned itself into an open air sculpture gallery with the help of a series of traditional stone artworks.

No longer the only, but definitely the oldest, fountain in Greenland.

A sulfuric martian landscape that looks far better than it smells.

This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.

These ominous lava formations were said to be an entrance to the netherworld so of course they inspired a famous metal band.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.

An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

A bronze woman in a stylized dress honors a courageous politician.

A Roman monument to their own civil engineering prowess.

The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.