These upturned herring boats make nifty storage sheds for fishing goods.

The main gates have been locked since 1745 and will remain so until the Stuart Dynasty returns to the throne.

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

The abandoned medieval theme park was meant to be the "Disneyland of the Philippines."

An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

The world's oldest railway bridge in continuous use.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

This Victorian footbridge over the River Tees was originally built to carry water from the high moorland to the industrial towns on the coast.

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

An enigmatic sculpture depicts a ruined home with debris stretching for over half a mile along the river.

The world’s oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge.

This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

The Nazis lost more men trying to take this Russian-held Stalingrad apartment block than they did when taking Paris.

The world's tallest statue of a woman wields the world's tallest sword and is at risk of toppling over.

World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.

This iconic Russian space museum sits on a landmark space production facility and houses the Vostok 1, the first manned spacecraft, that was also built here.