This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.

This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

Underground attraction offering tours of the foundational ruins of a church nave that collapsed in 1674.

The works of poetry's biggest names grace the walls of the city of Leiden, all carefully painted by hand.

People have been placing babies on these lilies for photoshoots since the Victorian era.

Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

A doctor had this large tub carved into rocks to facilitate easier seawater bathing.

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

The preserved left hand of a saint once known as "the Pearl of York."

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

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Students can borrow artwork from this gallery to display in their own residences.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

Andrew Carnegie funded the building of almost 3,000 libraries across the world, this was the first.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

It appears as if a man is standing behind this giant airport clock, painting the hands in real time.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.