A sublime medieval path adorns the marble floor of one of the most beautiful Gothic cathedrals in France.

Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

This Tudor-era castle was once part of King Henry VIII's plan to protect England from invasion.

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Southern Italy's spinning top village.

This soda factory is one of the last in America to use real cane sugar despite the protestations of Dr Pepper.

Forlorn amidst a thicket mere feet from a cliff's edge stands a solitary headstone that appears completely out of place, a haunting symbol of a once-thriving town now lost to the relentless forces of nature.