The sole surviving medieval street cross in Scarborough.

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

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

The evocative ruins of a medieval village.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This whimsical statue dumps water on its head to symbolize knowledge flowing into his brain. Or maybe booze.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.

The world's first combination ski slope and power plant.

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.

The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.