"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.

Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Gladiators battle and chariots race daily in the ruins of a once-great Roman city.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

England's "pier at the end of the universe" unites astronomy and contemporary architecture.