Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

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

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.

An unassuming London park is actually a pilgrimage site for modern clowns.

There was a top secret plan during World War II to seal a group of soldiers inside the rock.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

Prehistoric sandstone menhir with Early Bronze Age cup and ring markings, also known as Robin Hood's Stone.

A small village in two different countries.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

This mysterious and unique painting is filled with symbolism.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.