This historic Chinese tower was said to have been haunted by fox spirits but is now haunted by a grisly murder.

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

A popular day's outing in Bovington consists of watching military tank driving practice.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Myanmar's beautiful cemetery for Allied soldiers who perished during World War II.