These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.

This unassuming tree stump reportedly traces its roots to the famous pharaoh queen's reign.

A massive flood devastated this seaside town, causing many to speculate about whether the government had figured out how to influence the weather.

This local celebrity earned his fame by doing a job no one else dared.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

This multicolored meandering masterpiece is Britain's longest bench.

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.

How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The oldest standing concrete bridge in England was also constructed as a work of art.

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.

A small 12th-century temple surrounded by waters believed to have curative properties.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?

This impressive clifftop temple was once at the center of an international custody dispute.

Take a hidden path to the mouth of the cave to watch millions of bats swarm at sunset.

Limestone caves in the Cambodian countryside, once the site of genocide, now a place of peaceful beauty.