A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

A plaque installed underwater marks the fall of a royal family from an imagined parallel universe—part of a globe-spanning art project.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

At high tide, the base of the lighthouse covers practically every inch of the island.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

A whale's jawbone and a malfunctioning harpoon welcome you to the village of Bragar and its lore.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

In 1396, two Scottish clans that had been violently feuding for centuries finally faced off in a bloody battle in this park.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.