According to the Soldiers Account Book, the village of Odiham is home to Thomas Atkins, whose name became shorthand for all British soldiers.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

A rare labyrinth-style path carved into a historic hill.

The grave of Mrs. Reginald Hargreaves, who inspired the tale 'Alice in Wonderland.'

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

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

An intimate look into the apartments of Jounieh via cable car.

A monumental underground karstic wonderland is also the water source for over a million citizens of Beirut.

This modernist cinema has survived war and reconstruction to become a symbol of Lebanon’s revolutionary spirit.

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.

Mysterious lost empire of the Silk Road.

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.

Ruins of the Crusaders' headquarters.

Only a handful of these gorgeous historic waterwheels remain but even those are in danger from local unrest.

One of the oldest and largest castles in the world.

Lebanon's highest point offers expansive views, martian terrains, and eerie ski lifts.

A patchwork of ruins from various civilizations in one of the world's oldest continually inhabited cities.

After this one-of-a-kind palace was built the architect's hands are said to have been cut off to keep it that way.