This historic street in Quito is known for its seven stone crosses—and one presidential assassination.

Quito's historic, main square dates back to the 16th century.

The world's tallest aluminum statue is also the world's tallest image of a winged Virgin Mary.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

In the hometown of the Catholic saint and Nobel Peace Prize winner, a memorial dedicated to her legacy.

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

This plaque commemorates an amazing 19th-century sea rescue.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

This sculpture honors a long-beloved English comic strip in the main character's hometown.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.

"There's nothing there," and other lies the KGB told us.