Built on the side of a mountain, this once poor village has been turned into the "Santorini of Korea"

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

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

One of only a handful of seaside temples in Korea, this sacred space is home to a legendary healing Buddha statue and a traffic safety prayer pagoda.

This dramatic monument in Colombia honors a little-known indigenous fighter for independence.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

A ferry has operated across the River Hamble for around 500 years, but its distinctive bubblegum pink is a more recent addition.

Scotland's oldest purpose-built concert hall houses an incredible collection of ornate, centuries-old keyboards.

The last gas works in England and Wales details how people once extracted the resource from coal.

Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

A tiny village church in dramatic surroundings.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.

Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.