It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.

This vast masterpiece of Moroccan architecture spreads across 20 acres.

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Achill's most recently abandoned village dates back to to the Age of Enlightenment.

The world's only flying boat museum honors a small Irish village that sent 20th-century aviation to new heights.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.