In the days before house numbers, these colorful signs held clues about various buildings' purposes.

This enormous censer uses a pulley system installed over 400 years ago.

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

These erosion formations on the wave cut platform have a natural explanation

A remote hilltop covered in giant monoliths haunts the Brittany countryside.

If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.

A small house sits between two huge rocks, with its back to the sea.

Folklore and history carved into Brittany's coast.

On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.

In France, a medieval-style home pays homage to an intrepid explorer who discovered Québec.

The birthplace of the ferocious William the Conqueror, this castle is awash in medieval history.

Two ancient yew trees with a chapel and an altar built inside their hollow trunks.

Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.

Two small chapels housed inside an ancient tree.

Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

Two beautiful Victorian-era parks replete with ornamental waterfalls and lakes.

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.

Journey through the ruins of this ancient Roman temple dedicated to the god of war.