Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

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

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.

An oddly shaped tower built to mark the acquittal of Admiral Keppel in a controversial 1770s case.

This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.

In England, a barn-turned-wedding venue dates back to the 13th century.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

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

A crucified and bearded female saint.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.