This modern artwork, inspired by the Bayeux Tapestry, tells Battle's early history following the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest.

Every fifth of November, effigies of Guy Fawkes are thrown onto bonfires across Great Britain. But this Guy has managed to survive his fiery fate for almost 300 years.

This memorial museum chronicles the apocalyptic destruction of the First World War.

The Greek island's old British cemetery feels like a forgotten garden.

The history of Greece is illustrated through banknotes.

This Greek Orthodox church houses the mummified body of St. Spyridon.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Designed by the architect who also had a hand in crafting the Westminster Abbey and Bristol Cathedral.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.

A towering monument to war, located on a beautifully peaceful hill.

A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

Berlin's old airport.

This monumental work of art symbolizes the coming together of a previously divided city.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

Largely overlooked, this little fountain on Museum Island is a whimsical tribute to a Prussian king nicknamed the “Fatty Flounder.”