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

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

A wooden statue commemorates a local celebrity who became a national sensation for his height.

This imaginative sculpture is a memorial to this town's former mining industry.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

Picturesque ruins once held off mighty armies.

These haunting ruins belong to an ancient village that once had one hell of a view.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.

A giant gorilla made of used car tires used to sit sentinel over a Helsinki college campus.

Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.

The remains of Alfred Nobel's first nitroglycerine factory can still be found on the shores of a Swedish bay.

This Stockholm light tower can be controlled by anyone with a smartphone.

It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.

An artist's mausoleum with a haunting echo.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.