Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.

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

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

This viaduct serves as a reminder of World War II.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

This memorial depicts the unlikely team that won England the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy.

An art gallery dedicated to art works by coal miners which depict work in the mines and life in the former British mining communities.

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

The only museum in the world dedicated to preserving the life and work of American comedian and entertainer, Phil Silvers.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.