Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

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

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

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

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

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.