The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

This imaginative sculpture is a memorial to this town's former mining industry.

Winner of the Leeds Award for Architecture and the Environment.

This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.

This sculpture celebrates a boules tournament and the link between Leeds and its twin city Lille.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

The Birthplace of the Englishman who founded the A.C. Milan football club.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

Ho Chi Minh's perfectly preserved body has been on display here since 1975.

A gift from the Soviet Union in the 1980s, this is the only statue of the Soviet dictator in Southeast Asia.

Home of the unusual art of water puppetry, one of Vietnam's oldest curiosities.

Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.