A 13th-century inn where the ill-fated King Charles I spent his last night of freedom.

A memorial to American oil drillers who volunteered to travel secretly to England in 1943 and work in the U.K.'s only oil field.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.

A mysterious medieval monument said to mark the final resting place of Robin Hood’s henchman.

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

An abandoned suspension bridge on the Falkland Islands is crumbling into the water.

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.

An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.

Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.