The world’s oldest boat lift is also known in the United Kingdom as the "Cathedral of the Canals" and one of the "Seven Wonders of the Waterways."

This abandoned building, which is the second-largest structure on the Maltese island of Comino, has a complicated past.

One Maltese man’s hobby became an extensive collection of restored automobiles, motoring paraphernalia, and antiques.

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

It may be a historic 17th-century coaching inn, but the George Inn still functions like a modern pub.

The bones of prehistoric animals and early signs of human habitation have been found inside Malta's "cave of darkness."

A small cave network was discovered under a home in Xagħra, in 1924 when the owner was digging a well.

In 1888, a resident of Xagħra, Malta, discovered a small underground chamber filled with stalactites and stalagmites when digging a well.

One of Malta’s most popular beaches features a seemingly out-of-place statue of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus.

This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.

A sculpture of a partly-buried Roman helmet commemorates a North Wales town’s connection with its Roman past.

The design of this seemingly translucent two-story tower in northwest Cambridge was inspired by an optical illusion.

A small statue shaped like the grill of a Rolls-Royce marks the suburban location where the company’s first automobiles were manufactured.

Cambridge’s century-old outdoor swimming pool is tied for being the longest pool in the United Kingdom, but it is also unusually narrow.

The design of this modernist church was revolutionary when it was constructed in 1942.

One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.

Formed by the collapse of salt mines and later used for dumping industrial waste, these lakes are now part an unusual, biodiverse parkland.

A rare World War II-era siren still survives in the southern suburbs of Manchester.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

This balancing rock is one of Utah's most unusual geological formations.

The headquarters of one of Japan’s leading astronomy research institutions features several historic observatory facilities and a 2,000-year-old burial mound.

One of the oldest Rolls-Royce automobiles in existence, this vehicle was once driven by Henry Royce himself.