The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

A collection of throne-inspired sculptures dot the landscape of Wincobank.

This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.

The tradition of using flowers to decorate wells is once again thriving in England.

This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.

This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

This unique medieval court deals solely with the lead mining laws in two small areas of Derbyshire.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

A former squatter's paradise outside Prague.

Tucked away in a Prague park, a statue beloved by romantics honors a poet so nice they buried him twice.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.