Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.

Op-art architecture designed for happiness.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

Medieval museum built over Roman baths that features famous tapestries of a lady and a unicorn.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.