The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

Legend has it that this large rock maze in Sweden was created as punishment by the daughter of a wealthy captain.