Stansted, England
Mountfitchet Castle
This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.
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Stansted, England
This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.
Rouen, France
This medieval tower is all that remains of the castle where Joan of Arc was held before being burned at the stake.
Letanovce, Slovakia
The ruins of a 13th-century monastery that long served as a place of refuge from wars and raids.
Manzanares el Real, Spain
A magnificent, long-abandoned castle built in the wake of the reconquest of Spain.
Prague, Czechia
The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.
Odiham, England
According to the Soldiers Account Book, the village of Odiham is home to Thomas Atkins, whose name became shorthand for all British soldiers.
Baia, Italy
A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Bacoli, Italy
A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.
Canterbury, England
A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.
Nefta, Tunisia
The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.
Tunisia
An abandoned film set location for a remote spaceport in a galaxy far, far away hides in the Tunisian desert.
Daqas, Tunisia
A seemingly simple canyon that was the backdrop to a number of famous movies.
Sperlonga, Italy
The Roman Emperor's lost summer home and grotto full of enormous sculptures sit along the Italian seashore.
Hoyvík, Faroe Islands
Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.
Leeds, England
One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
Glasgow, Scotland
An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.
London, England
A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.
Clitheroe, England
The second smallest castle keep in England.
Holmrook, England
One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Swindon, England
This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.
Denbighshire, Wales
These precariously placed ruins harken back to a 13th-century castle.
Southampton, England
This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.