These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

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

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

A display of everyday life in the area that was unveiled during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

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

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.

This massive statue is the personification of Bavaria and the first colossal statue of the modern period composed of bronze.

These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.

Go surfing on this urban wave, "hacked" by local surfers.

This magnificent museum claims to house the cranium of a disciple and the skull of a pope.

Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine.