A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

According to tradition this is the oldest church in Venice, but its actual age is a mystery.

In the past, Renaissance sex workers were encouraged to entice customers on this bridge.

This tree was once used to calculate the decrease of the Baltic Sea.

An ancient tree that was once the favorite of a young Swedish royal.

The apartment where Pippi Longstocking came to life.

Crystal chandeliers brighten up this dark underpass.

A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.

Despite dreams of constructing this fairytale mansion, Albert Gotthard Nestor Cedergren never saw its completion.

This rare and ancient Christian relic is one of Ireland’s oldest freestanding stone crosses.

This massive basalt sea stack stands obtrusively from the rocky coastline.

An abandoned shipping control tower looks like a satellite perched at the end of a pier.

Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.

An ancient instrument used to measure the waters of the Nile so Egyptian farmers would know whether to expect famine or flood.