This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.

This place bears witness to the loss of many lives during WWII, and stands in stark contrast to the American Cemetery.

A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.

This symbol of the French Revolution still stands where it was first planted during the 18th-century.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This cannonball has been lodged in the church wall since a 1695 bombardment destroyed the city center.

Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.

This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.

This pedestrian footbridge honors Pero Jones, an enslaved African who lived in Bristol.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

The remains of what was once a motte-and-bailey castle, these earthworks offer visitors a tangible connection to England’s medieval past.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham’s central station.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.