World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.

Countless expeditions have left Tasmania to explore Antarctica, but this island state has an even deeper connection with the sea.

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

The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.

The "father of immunology" used this humble hut to offer the local people some of the world's first free vaccinations.

The small Scottish townhouse where the "Father of the National Parks" was born.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

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

This aging storage facility is the world's largest brick warehouse.

Nearly 2 billion seeds from 38,000 species are stored and processed at this visitable facility in a quiet corner of England.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

This craggy boulder is fabled to be either a druidic relic or Satan's stumbling block.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.

The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.

The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

Legends say that this Art Deco apartment building almost became Hitler's British headquarters.

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

This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

Angels, demons, and tortured souls on a giant wall mural in a little church.

East London art gallery showcasing contemporary art from Europe's Eastern Bloc.