Also known as “Robin Hood’s tree,” it became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

A tiny Greek Orthodox church from the Ottoman era hides on a busy city street.

The island home of an unlucky whaling captain whose story inspired a great American novel.

This beautiful Cape Cod beach offers dazzling views and an interesting historical footnote.

Strange rumors surround the artist who created these solemn metal guard dogs.

Discovered on a shipwreck after more than 400 years, this Renaissance ratter tells a very waggly tale.

One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

These 12th-century catacombs carved into a mountainside were a place of mysticism and Christian hermitages.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

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 nondescript building was the birthplace of Morris cars.

The world's shortest funicular ferries beachgoers a whopping 128 feet from clifftop to shore.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

Walk inside a half mile long crevice right outside the town of Garmisch Partenkirchen.

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.