This early 19th-century blast furnace only survived because it was a financial and technical failure.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

A detailed pachyderm supports Rome's smallest Egyptian obelisk.

This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.

A cruise ship retraces the the route of the doomed RMS Titanic, 100 years later.

The mouldering remains of a disgraced British children's icon are hidden in the brush of a public park.

Collapsed television tower finds new life as a control tower for boat races.

These carved, weathered stones once gave mail carriers and pub goers a leg up.

The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.

These carved medieval "mercy seats" are among the finest in the world.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

This industrial gem was one of the earliest examples of a metal-framed building.

This sculpture marks the spot where one of the greatest Roman rulers was proclaimed emperor.

This wild game of "football" between two sections of an English town has been staged every year for countless centuries.

A gardener saved a beloved clock face from destruction by building it into a wall outside his house.

A face-like natural rock formation so well known, a pub was named in its honor.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

The house where Charles Darwin's grandfather formed many of his influential ideas and inventions.