Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

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

This miraculous well is said to heal the sick, grant wishes, and tell the future.

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

A unique sculpture park that features the works of several famed artists.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

A well-studied colony of endangered bats roosts in this abandoned Victorian Gothic mansion.

This bridge later moonlighted as a local jail.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

This Victorian gate contains cryptic inscriptions in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.

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

This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.