How a friendly mining-school rivalry, two adventurous students, and 400 tons of limestone created a Platteville landmark.

This bust remembers the haunting local legend of a murderous monk.

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

Not your average Bosnian cafe — this locale is dedicated to the former Yugoslav dictator Tito.

A seemingly abandoned store in central Manchester with a lengthy backstory.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

One of the trees in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens is actually a World War II memorial, and it's made of metal.

This bronze sculpture represents the helpless, hapless, and the damned who have passed through Piccadilly station since it opened in 1842

This bronze statue honors one of the leaders of the suffragette movement in the United Kingdom.

Two of the most notable names in automobile history are commemorated at the place where they're said to have first met.

One of the oldest Rolls-Royce automobiles in existence, this vehicle was once driven by Henry Royce himself.

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Looking like something out of a fairytale, this tiny house was built over a stream to avoid paying land taxes

This beautifully situated lakeside Roman settlement was likely built during the reign of the Emperor Hadrian.

This museum dedicated to the famous comedy duo is located in the town where Stan Laurel was born.

This figure was carved in the likeness of a voyeur, so that every time he spied across the street, he would find only himself staring back.

This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.

Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.