This public library still showcases its former life as a 19th-century church.

This Gothic castle was inspired by Erik the Red's Viking residence at Brattahlid in Greenland.

At this historic pub, you can sit back, sip, and watch a whole century go by.

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

A historic building houses one of the most important archaeological institutes in Europe.

A monument marks where a convent was burned by an anti-Catholic mob in 1834.

A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.

This statue is dedicated to the animal cosmonauts that perished during space flight experiments.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

Set amid the remains of a secret WWII airfield, this barn was preserved as a memorial to Allied agents who parachuted into Europe.

An angelic, yet demonic-looking figurine presides over one of Glasgow's most ancient streets.

This roadside wonder is as mysterious as it is beloved.

A sense of bewilderment encounters visitors when they happen upon this former railway bridge.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

New Hampshire's most beloved war hero lived out his retirement in this peaceful homestead.

When the plague struck York, this stone was used to leave supplies for the sick.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

Inside this station, the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" is played on a loop daily.

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

Constructed from the ruins of a former glass factory, this park incorporates the old with the new.

A prison tower–like edifice honoring a beloved local benefactor.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

The largest Canadian war cemetery in Italy commemorates those who died in one of the bloodiest battles of the Italian campaign during World War II.