A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

Several bricks indicate the various flood levels this crossing has survived over the centuries.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

An exceptional engineering feat that facilitates the migration of salmon upstream during their breeding season.

One of Scotland's earliest hydroelectric power stations.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

This massive metal scallop is a tribute to an English composer who once walked across this beach.

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

This melancholy headstone is the only remaining evidence of a medieval church lost to the sea.

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

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

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.

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

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.

These ancient burial caves carved into the cliffs offer a glimpse into prehistoric funeral practices and Menorca's early inhabitants.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.