This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

An abandoned canal route lies hidden under the streets of Manchester.

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

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

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

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

Overshadowed by other, more famous Maltese catacombs, this ancient burial chamber has one of the best examples of a ritual agape table.

The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

Looming communist pillar with a Czech twist.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.