London, England
York Water Gate
These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.
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London, England
These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.
London, England
Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.
London, England
The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.
London, England
The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.
London, England
This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.
Isle of South Uist, Scotland
FIFA deemed this isolated field one of the most remarkable places to play the sport.
Isle of North Uist, Scotland
The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.
Baile an Truiseil, Scotland
The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.
El Tiemblo, Spain
Whether they are bulls or pigs, these ancient animal sculptures are fascinating relics.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
This species of wild goat stars in witchy legends and frolics among the park's eerie rock formations.
Segovia, Spain
One of the few remaining ancient aqueducts described by Frontinus as 'the most solemn testimony of the Empire.'
Ávila, Spain
These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Hythe, England
A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Folkestone, England
These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.
Folkestone, England
One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.