England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

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

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.

More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.

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

This Soviet statue is based on a piece of propaganda that's been elevated to national myth.

In Kazakhstan, a colorful cathedral with many lives once survived the most powerful earthquake in the region.

Where Stoddart and Connolly suffered in the infamous Bug Pit.

This "tower of death" has acted as an observatory, a religious hub, and an executioner's lair.

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

One of the world's tallest statues is also one of its most hated.

This 15th-century cave complex is one of the very few monasteries to stay open throughout World War II and the Soviet regime.