Medieval

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

The carved medieval stones stand near the ruined abbey's parking lot.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

All that remains of the medieval palace of the famous "Black Prince."

Built on a medieval synagogue, this church has a burial crypt, tunnel system, and Jewish ritual bath hiding deep underneath.

A catapult rock from Gotland’s 13th-century civil war is still lodged in Scandinavia's best-preserved medieval city wall.

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.

These carved medieval "mercy seats" are among the finest in the world.

Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.

Climbing to the top of the cathedral's bell tower offers sweeping views of these medieval ruins.

The bronzed skull of a beheaded traitor was affixed to the city gate in the 17th century.

One of two Irish-style round towers in Scotland, this structure has mysterious origins.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.