This tiny business claims to be "the smallest pub on the planet."

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

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

One of the largest objects salvaged from the famous sunken passenger ship.

His "Lionheart" is entombed separately from the rest of his body.

The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.

A mosaic-tiled house built by graveyard sweeper Raymond Isidore.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

This mysterious pyramid is said to be part of a complex web of occult and Freemason symbols.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

A collection of windows created by two of the foremost leaders in the British Arts and Crafts Movement.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

A daring D-Day assault by U.S. Army Rangers is commemorated atop the high cliffs of this strategic point.

The Lone Star plaque hangs in a bombed-out bunker in Normandy to honor a Texan colonel's heroic actions on D-Day.

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

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.