Explore Hull's historic Old Town by following the sea creatures scattered throughout its charmingly cobbled streets.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

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

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

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.

The most gigantic, swoony, intimidating trio of fingers in all of antiquity.

Soldiers carved these regimental badges into the chalk hills in remembrance of those who died in World War I.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

Giant statue of a disembodied head.

These ruins by the Dead Sea is where John the Baptist met his untimely end.

The world's oldest map of the holy land gives us a fragmented glimpse of the layout of biblical nations.

This cascade of mineral-rich hot springs and waterfalls is an oasis in the Jordanian desert.