This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.

A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.

Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.

This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.

The ancient mosaics here are considered among the finest in the world, and serve as a stunning record of Greco-Roman daily life.

This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

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

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

The tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

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 Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.