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

There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.

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

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.

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

One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

A twisted steel beam from the wreckage of the World Trade Center is the centerpiece of this memorial for those who died on September 11, 2001.

A small museum in a ward on the east side of Tokyo showcases the works of one of Japan's greatest ukiyo-e artists.

A Texas landowner spelled out his name with three miles of trees, a giant signature that's been used by NASA to evaluate satellite imagery.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

This Sheffield sculpture composed of 17,000 Allen keys honors both urban falcons and a furniture icon.

Seemingly straight out of a fairy tale, a steel chair sits on a tiny island only accessible by stepping stones.

Three memorials honor the victims of the worst sports stadium disaster in Britain.

This commercial and retail center was crafted from walled military barracks.

It's known as the "Full Monty school" thanks to its role in the beloved British comedy film.

Designed to illustrate two parts of the human psyche.

A stone-filled garden in the heart of Edinburgh commemorates the father of modern geology.

These plaques located in a court preserve a small piece of Edinburgh's history.

This cannonball embedded in the side of an Edinburgh house once served a surprisingly pedestrian purpose.

This historic timepiece was a popular meeting place for romantic rendezvous in the 1960s.

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.