A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.

This bronze statue was dedicated to a 1966 Beatles hit.

Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.

These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A rampant horde of demons smirk and snarl at visitors to this church, home to a rare complete set of medieval-era stained glass windows.

A well-studied colony of endangered bats roosts in this abandoned Victorian Gothic mansion.

An entire subdivision was accidentally built on a flood plain, resulting in its eventual demolition—but the streets are still there.

A high-octane shrine to the greatest Texans who ever lived.

Home to the ancient Roman temple of a lesser-known Celtic god that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

This illuminated sign was the first of its kind in Canada and remains a vestige of the Atomic Age.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.