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

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

The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This tiny island protects a number of rare bird species by only allowing visitors to set foot on the beach.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.