The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.

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

This indoor ski resort has a mountain contained inside a mall.

This enormous sports car themed amusement park is home to the world’s fastest roller coaster.

Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.

Once the largest factory complex in all of Europe, this converted shopping center celebrates its industrial past in a big way.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.

This century-old cinema is complete with musical interludes and boasts a rare projection system.

This tiny shoe shop claims to be the smallest store of its kind in Britain.

This memorial pays homage to the Royal Air Force squadron that breached two important dams during World War II.

The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

The charming collection illustrates life in Lincolnshire in the 18th through 20th centuries.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

Built in 1870 at the bridge that connected Buda and Pest, this spectacular incline railway was almost lost forever during World War II.

From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.

A diminutive statue that was inspired by the sculptor's own daughter.

A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.

For centuries, Jeddah’s old town was a major trading port and a point of entry for Hajj pilgrims traveling by sea.

This massive monument was unveiled the day Kosovo declared independence from Serbia.