Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

This platform is now a memorial dedicated to those who were deported during the Holocaust.

The world's first clock to use set theory as a measure of time required the invention of a new light bulb just to maintain its obtuse measurements.

The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.

One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.

On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.

A fascinating insight into daily life in the Eastern Bloc.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.

The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".

These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

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

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

A quirky "castle" formerly belonging to a famous British inventor.

A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.