The historic “pink house on the hill” is an architectural gem that now serves as a center for water conservation.

The last gas works in England and Wales details how people once extracted the resource from coal.

An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.

The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.

A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

The first mechanized factory in Spain is also one of the most significant mints in the history of money.

A plaque installed underwater marks the fall of a royal family from an imagined parallel universe—part of a globe-spanning art project.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

A plaque marks the house in Stockholm where the French philosopher René Descartes lived up until his death.

On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.

A plaque on Canada's Hornby Island commemorates a fantastical creature from a fictional universe.

One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'

A controversial art piece that harkens back to local folklore.

Medieval ruins nestled within a breathtaking swath of Spanish nature.

A tiny church remembers the Polish cavalrymen who charged their way into a Napoleonic victory.

An ode to the washerwomen who called Pavia home.

The world's largest bamboo labyrinth is a living demonstration of the plant’s immense potential.

A macabre anatomy museum tucked within an old Italian hospital.

A seemingly simple canyon that was the backdrop to a number of famous movies.

You may recognize this beautiful grove within Kaitoke Regional Park as location of the house of Elrond.

No monkeying around, this fountain was really named after the classic sci-fi film.