The only museum with its curator—and her pets—buried inside.

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.

Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

The remains of what was, not so long ago, the world's largest city.