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

This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.

The site where a plot to assassinate Hitler was planned—and its conspirators were executed—is now a powerful memorial to the German resistance during World War II.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

During the heyday of fishing in Hastings, there were more than 100 of these storage facilities.

From battleships to Roman vessels, this museum explores the depths of shipwrecks in the region.

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Before it was buried by volcanic ash, this fast-food restaurant fed the hungry hordes of ancient Rome.

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.