A turn-of-the-century prophecy comes true when a mischievous wooden Devil watches the neighboring church burn to the ground

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

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

Legend says that Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth to throw at his wife, leaving behind this round valley.

An abandoned swimming pool decays on the outskirts of Berlin.

A socialist building dedicated to teachers showcases one of the largest Soviet mosaics in the world.

An astonishingly accurate water clock that doubles as an hourly spectacle in this Berlin shopping area.

For patriotic Russians, this memorial honoring the Soviet soldiers who died liberating Berlin in 1945 is the most sacred location outside of Russia.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

One of the world's heaviest musical instruments towers within a popular urban park.

Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

This World War II bunker now survives as a documentation of the Nazi regime and war crimes.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

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

Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

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

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”