Florence, Italy
Santa Margherita de' Cerchi
Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.
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Florence, Italy
Some say this medieval church is where the poet Dante married his wife and also met the love of his life.
Florence, Italy
An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.
Hathersage, England
A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
London, England
Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.
Gloucester, England
Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.
Northallerton, England
The church and nearby castle are all that remains of a medieval village, mysteriously abandoned.
Nairn, Scotland
In the Scottish Highlands, this 13th-century castle ruin is hidden at the end of a farm track.
London, England
Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.
Ely, England
A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.
Ashwell, England
Historical etchings such as “Miserable, wild, distracted 1350" and “The Archdeacon is an ass.”
Cambridge, England
Students can borrow artwork from this gallery to display in their own residences.
Cambridge, England
The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.
Newmarket, England
A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.
Hemingford Grey, England
This 12th-century house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Cambridge, England
A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.
Mantua, Italy
A hidden bas-relief of a hare on a church main portal that brings good luck to the ones who find it.
York, England
Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.
Rome, Italy
A rare example of a medieval house in Rome adorned with a melancholic inscription.
York, England
When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.
York, England
The final resting place of England's most notorious bandit.
York, England
This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.