The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

A rare medieval bone-house, surrounded by remarkable memorial stones

Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

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

A lone medieval church tower marooned among the City of London's skyscrapers

This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.

These ancient burial caves carved into the cliffs offer a glimpse into prehistoric funeral practices and Menorca's early inhabitants.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.

Intricate 14th-century floor tiles hidden underfoot in Winchester Cathedral

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

Many mysteries surround these objects questioning whether they are cannonballs at all.

One of the oldest surviving buildings in Colchester dates back to the 11th century.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

This sculpture pays homage to Shakespeare and his reference to a Manningtree tradition.

Built for herding sheep, these tiny winding lanes with medieval origins and distinctive series of narrow turns are charming walkways for humans today.

Where an 11th-century flying monk crash landed after attempting to take to the skies.

Scars from the English Civil War mar this medieval sanctuary.