A display of torture devices used in the Spanish Inquisition and other scourges of medieval Europe.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.