The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

Graffiti from the 16th and 17th centuries cover the walls of this part of the Tower of London.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

Tiny artwork tucked within glass letterboxes form this hidden gem of an art gallery.

The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A 246-foot-high revolving restaurant rises unexpectedly from a forested Finnish hilltop.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The "father of immunology" used this humble hut to offer the local people some of the world's first free vaccinations.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

An ancient underground cultic temple where sunlight penetrates on the summer solstice.

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

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.