Home to the oldest operating roller coaster in the Southern Hemisphere.

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

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

At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.

Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

This statue intended for children to enjoy became a minor political spat.

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.

In the sleepy town of Gozo exists a reproduction of the entire town of Bethlehem.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.

The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."