One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

A National Historic Landmark with a scenic clock tower and park filled with deer and peacocks, plus a military museum.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

Discovered on a shipwreck after more than 400 years, this Renaissance ratter tells a very waggly tale.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

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

The Last Home of an Executed King.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

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

This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.

A bibliophile's heaven that contains hundreds of bookstores, offering over a third of secondhand books for sale in Tokyo.

A museum dedicated to the history of Tokyo's often-overlooked working-class district.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

The legendary birthplace of the Japanese maneki-neko is dotted with hundreds of lucky beckoning cats.

These medieval skyscrapers dominate the skyline of this small Tuscan town.

During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.