This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.

Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

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

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

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

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world