Closing the station left a big hole in the ground. So they put in a shopping centre, a block of apartments and bus station over it and the largest undercover car park Europe in it.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

A historic holy well hidden near a charming English park.

Successful single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world in a sailing boat was a wish said to be granted at the well.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

Dedicated to the European Sinti and Roma peoples murdered during the Holocaust.

A curious memorial to the Berlin Wall, German division, the war, and those who died at the wall.

A memorial in the Tiergarten is a reminder of the suffering inflicted on homosexuals by the Nazi regime.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

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

The ceiling of this shopping arcade is adorned with six trompe-l’œil artworks, including a grim funeral scene.

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

A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.

This 19th-century performer's gravestone identifies her as "the smallest woman ever in this Kingdom."

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.