This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

Britain's oldest miniature railway.

This mysterious wheel-cross is the tallest in Britain.

After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.

At this snack-shack in the bucolic British countryside, you can still get a slice of socialism with your spot of tea.

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.

The world’s first dedicated cloud observation platform.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.