A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

This memorial pays homage to the Royal Air Force squadron that breached two important dams during World War II.

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.

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

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

A plaque marks the spot where the saint was shoved off the Charles Bridge and into the river.

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

The site where one of the most famous poems of World War I was composed is preserved to honor the legacy of the work.

A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.