A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

A soaring wool-money church towering over a preserved medieval village

One of the best preserved Tudor public buildings in Britain was once used for witch trials.

A pub that claims a lineage as one of England's oldest inns, back to 947 AD

A historical hangover from the time of public humiliation as a state punishment

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

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

Several bricks indicate the various flood levels this crossing has survived over the centuries.

A ruined Scottish tower house with a laird-turned-fugitive's legend

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

An exceptional engineering feat that facilitates the migration of salmon upstream during their breeding season.

One of Scotland's earliest hydroelectric power stations.

A rare example of traditional ‘common’ Highlands housing from the 18th century, with minimal changes and a potential murder scene

A 4000-year-old stone circle, comfortably surrounded by a modern Scottish neighbourhood and the local fire station

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

This massive metal scallop is a tribute to an English composer who once walked across this beach.

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

Forlorn amidst a thicket mere feet from a cliff's edge stands a solitary headstone that appears completely out of place, a haunting symbol of a once-thriving town now lost to the relentless forces of nature.

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

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

The grand 14th-century gateway to the lost abbey of St Edmund