This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.

This water-powered cliffside railway is one of the steepest funiculars in the world.

This towering monument is dedicated in memory of a most unusually named, yet heroic, horse.

Four hundred years ago, this turned-about message was carved into one of Winchester Cathedral's exterior walls.

A mechanical clock built in 1914, with a rotation of 12 historical figures on its face.

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

Amsterdam's narrowest house facade is a monument to 17th-century tax evasion.

In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

Amsterdam's former hotspot for public executions and dissections.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

From amidst her whirling waves, this mermaid sees all who pass through St. Swithun’s Church. If local legends are to be believed, she serves as a warning.

The world's smallest Austen museum is inside an unassuming phone booth.