A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

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

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

A reconstructed medieval gateway that was the magnificent entrance to the capital city dating back to 1037.

18th century opera in its original splendor.

A golden plaque marks the site of the mysterious unsolved assassination of the former Swedish prime minister.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

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

Marvel at this immense work of art that greets arrivals to the city.

A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.

According to the Guanches, the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands, the king of evil lives inside this volcano.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.

A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.