Taking the subway here means doing so over a bridge located in the middle of an estuary.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

As the Dead Sea continues to deplete, massive sinkholes open along its banks.

This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.

This flagpole ranks among the world’s tallest and can be seen from three countries.

This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.

A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."

One of the world’s largest suspended aquariums, located in Dubai Mall.

This living legend of maritime history is enjoying a second life.

This futuristic building is yet another architectural wonder in Dubai.

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

This Scottish tollhouse was a destination for clandestine marriages in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

A tumbling waterfall near a narrow passage that was used to herd cattle for hundreds of years.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Texas’s first suspension bridge is still carrying people across the Brazos.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

An imposing statue of the first prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda stands in the middle of a traffic intersection.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.