A pair of mosaics marks the spot where the last accused witch of Dundee was put to death.

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

The narrowest street in Paris.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

The city-sized home palace of one of ancient Egypt's most powerful rulers gives us a rare look into the lives of the epoch's rulers.

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.

These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

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

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

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.