Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

This popular square's history as the former site of a church is right beneath your feet.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

A late 18th-century jail.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

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

This imaginative sculpture is a memorial to this town's former mining industry.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.