Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The writer of 'Cyrano De Bergerac' found inspiration in this Pyrennes spa town.

These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

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

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

A statue honoring Frank Sidebottom, a beloved cartoon figure from Timperley.

The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

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

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

A centuries-old quest to create artificial life is alive and well in the French town of Limoux.

Opened in 1932, this theater in Stockport's Mersey Square is a bonafide Art-Deco gem.

Khmer Rouge's high security prison.

Paul McCartney, Joy Division, and many others created era-defining music at this former recording studio.

Remembering the 72 passengers who lost their lives in 1967 airplane wreck.

The river that gave its name to a 1960s musical movement has a rather inauspicious starting point in town outside of Manchester.

The haunting cadaver tomb of a famous French poet, playwright, and filmmaker.

Witnesses claim the Virgin Mary statue outside the church once mysteriously shed a single tear.

Green labyrinth formed by a karstic maze hidden in a preserved oak forest.