The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

This medieval city gate is now a blend of the past and the modern world.

Unscathed for almost 2,000 years, the best preserved Roman triumphal arch is in a small southern Italian city.

Nobles would stage mock naval battles on this large lake at the Royal Palace of Caserta.

A dead saint, a deadly poison, and a mysterious holy ooze.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

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

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.

This wooden effigy believed to be King Charles I hung for centuries outside an inn and was mistaken for a deity.

Near this allegedly haunted pub, you can find strong spirits on the rocks.

This 400-year-old house tells a tale of witchcraft and woodwork.

It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice.

This iconic building was founded as a school for the impoverished, but became one for the sons of the local gentry.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.

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

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

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.