Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This Great Dunmow pond was a breeding ground for medical leeches, as well as the testing ground for the world's first lifeboat.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

Formerly known as Saville Theatre, this mid-20th-century entertainment hub includes an ornate frieze.

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

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

One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.

A 16th-century footpath said to be haunted by a young girl that died trapped within its misshapen old house.

This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.

A masterpiece of Art Deco architecture hidden in plain sight in West London.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

The grounds of this Catholic boarding school are said to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and J.R.R. Tolkien.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Once a training ground for Olympic athletes, this artificial ski slope has fallen into ruin after a fire in 2012.

English parliaments were once convened by this ancient oak tree in the heart of Sherwood Forest.

This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.