Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

This methodist cemetery is slowly receding into the wilderness along a Maryland highway.

A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

This building contains a door only used by members of the royal family.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

Built as part of a "sludge fleet" that transported sewage, this historic steamship now mostly moves people.

A cruise ship retraces the the route of the doomed RMS Titanic, 100 years later.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.

This is Britain's one and only clock concealed in the pavement.

The lasting remains of the Balloon Section of the British Armed Forces.

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

This Edwardian workhouse tells a harrowing story of those who were forced to trade hard labor for lodging.

The author of Alice in Wonderland spent his final years at this whimsical Victorian home.

A statue of the heroine who stopped time to save her betrothed.

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'