The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

The oldest platform carousel built in the United States continues to delight children in Martha’s Vineyard.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.

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.

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

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A Reformation-era fiery figurehead once denoted this location as a print shop.

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

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

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

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

A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.

A never-finished memorial to the heroes of the Napoleonic War has become "Scotland's Folly."

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.