Venice's island of the dead.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.