Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

While most bridges allow roads to pass over water, this one allows water to pass over a road.

This giant wire frame man sculpture is crouched in contemplation.

The 20-mile causeway that separates the Netherlands from the sea.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst were the first famous conjoined twins in England, but it's not clear when they were born.

A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.

This curious Tudor-era castle was once home to Napoleon's greatest adversary, the Duke of Wellington.

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

The most northern place on the mainland of Great Britain.

A memorial to the acting bear whose escape caused a sensation on the Outer Hebrides.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

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

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."