The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

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

This Parisian gem is one of the most incredible ethnographic museums in the world.

This captivating Bronze Age timber circle spent centuries concealed by the tides.

This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

Brought to you by the makers of fiberglass dinosaurs.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

The fences outside some of South London's estates are made from recycled World War II stretchers.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

This unusual geoglyph was built as a warning so low-flying aircraft wouldn't scare the zoo animals.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

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

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.