The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

A rare example of this century-old British tank stands near the center of town in Ashford.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

This macabre masterpiece of a mural is one of Francisco Goya's "Black Paintings."

Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.

This amazing abuela became a diehard metal fan late in life and an icon of Madrid's '80s rock scene.