A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.

The shallow, salty inlet was a safe haven for 19th-century pirates.

A statue commemorating a Polish dog who took his role as man's best friend very seriously.

An opportunity to walk in the footsteps of Nobel Peace Prize winners.

Soldiers carved these regimental badges into the chalk hills in remembrance of those who died in World War I.

World War II air raids over Bristol dislodged this fragment of tram line that ended up embedded in a churchyard.

A 15th-century whalebone is tucked away in an unassuming corner of this medieval church.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

Grab a cuppa at England's first and only domestic tea plantation.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.

A dozen cast iron leopards stand guard along the length of Aberdeen's Union Bridge.

Vibrant paintings stretch across 600 feet of derelict railway.

A small collection of objects of a bygone era hide in plain view.

This colorful mosaic remembers one of Britain's most deadly peacetime fires.

Glasgow's own "tipsy" temperance monument.

Inscribed on the gate are the names of 29 figures from the University's first five centuries.

Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.

This vessel is the final ocean-going paddle steamer in the world.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

A harrowing sculpture commemorates the four people shot down during the workers strike of 1842.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.