This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.

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

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

This observatory within Europe's first dark sky park offers stunning views of the night sky.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

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

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.