Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

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

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

Thousand-year-old Viking runes adorn an ancient Greek lion at the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal.

Two stone columns flank the grand Venice square, but there were supposed to be three.

A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

This private skyway is filled with art and was expanded explicitly so that Hitler could appreciate a river.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.