Whitby, England
Ruins of Whitby Abbey
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
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Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Scarborough, England
80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Colleville-sur-Mer, France
A memorial to the nearly 10,000 American soldiers laid to rest on the beaches of Normandy during WWII.
Arromanches-les-Bains, France
Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.
Kayaköy, Turkey
A Turkish ghost town abandoned in a population exchange with Greece.
Oswiecim, Poland
The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Thirsk, England
England's largest white horse isn't even white.
Malton, England
WWII artifacts, including the building itself.
Leeds, England
The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.
York, England
A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.
York, England
One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.
York, England
Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.
York, England
The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.