An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

The second largest surviving chained library is housed in this 12th century church.

This imposing memorial contains the remains of Che Guevara — and 29 other guerrillas who died with him in Bolivia.

A focal point of the Cuban government, this city square features one of the most iconic images in the country.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

"Only the devil could play golf here."

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

The Frank Zappa fan club erected this monument to their prog-rock hero to mark a new era of post-Soviet Lithuania.

This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.