The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.

Saint Joseph was said to heal the deaf and blind, but it was a much smaller miracle that got him canonized.

The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.

This generously endowed statue once stood guard outside a Roman home.

On the wall of this medieval walkway, a symbol of the Spanish Inquisition.

The extensive relics of an ancient Roman and Phoenician fish processing plant hide in a town park.

A 1st-century Roman aqueduct running straight through a children's playground

St John the Baptist Church in Danbury, Essex, is a wonderful place to explore medieval architecture and artistry, in particular their bench ends, knight effigies, and unique squint.

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.

The remains of a 1st-century aristocratic Roman town house featuring beautiful well-preserved mosaics.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

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

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

A stunning example of traditional salt production set against a dramatic volcanic landscape.

A narrow, atmospheric street in Old Town Teguise, steeped in dark history and local legend

A centuries-old tithe barn in Lanzarote's oldest town

This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

The largest Victorian water tower in Britain.