Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

The classic Christmas carol was written at this Massachusetts tavern in 1850.

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

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

This blue plaque commemorates the unexpected origin of one of the world's most beloved deserts.

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

A rare specimen of the ancient piggy bank of Java resides in one of the unassuming corners of the Ashmolean.

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."