War, weather, cosmic intervention or simply a case of purpose served...nothing lasts forever.

If the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton taught us anything, it's that we're obsessed with all things royalty.

Fire up the jet pack, suck in some thin air, get a taste of zero g – it's time to take one small step for yourself, and a giant leap for humanity.

Like most budget travelers, the word that makes eyebrows leap the highest is 'free'. While the you-get-what-you-pay-for statute makes it uncool to grade, compare or criticize free stuff, certain free attractions are indisputably superior to others and, in many cases, completely outshine their un-free neighbors.

Strikingly tall structures perched on rough windswept coastlines hearkening back to an earlier seafaring time in history, lighthouses are a constant source of fascination for travelers.