Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

The patch of land below the memorial was gifted by the British to the United States.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

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

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This bustling Italian plaza is built on the ruins of an ancient Roman amphitheater.

Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.

A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.

150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.

A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.

The ghost town where the villagers refuse to leave.

The fake World Cup prize was secretly created after the first one was stolen in 1966.

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