This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to England's legendary King Alfred the Great.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

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

This local celebrity earned his fame by doing a job no one else dared.

The famous Alice Liddell designed this memorial after losing her sons in World War I.

A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.

The grave of Mrs. Reginald Hargreaves, who inspired the tale 'Alice in Wonderland.'

According to legend, a noble knight and a terrible dragon lie beneath this storied hill.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

Obscene versions of this artist's work are the most popular.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

This museum honors the young maritime hero who became an unexpected Victorian-era celebrity.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

A memorial to American oil drillers who volunteered to travel secretly to England in 1943 and work in the U.K.'s only oil field.

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.