Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

A vast collection of rare books, manuscripts & extraordinary objects illustrating the history of medicine.

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.

One of America's oldest private membership libraries was long one of New Haven's best kept secrets.

A Yale University president wears full samurai garb in one of America’s oldest cemeteries.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.

This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.

Museum celebrating the ocean, with the largest wunderkammer dedicated to sea exploration.

A mysterious Neolithic tomb is perched along the edge of a modern golf course.

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

An ingenious solution to a tricky engineering problem, this spiraling bridge takes drivers for a dizzying spin.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.

This unique 230-foot waterfall is a natural beauty hidden within the vast wild landscape.