A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

This unusual sculpture is sometimes partially, sometimes fully, submerged.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

The lion represents a fascinating part of English history, and the story of a man who obsessed over its creation.

The world's northernmost botanic garden has 25 collections of plants from arctic and alpine regions.

The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.

The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.

The great polar explorer is remembered in this far northern town, where he embarked on his final expedition.

This functioning parish church is also the site of many concert performances due to its wonderful acoustics.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

This pedestrian walkway cuts through a cemetery and over several burial vaults.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

This spectacular dome managed to survive after being bombed in World War II, in an event known as the "Miracle of Mosta."

The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.

A bronze statue commemorating his royal meowjesty, Toulouse.

This artistic fountain display pays homage to this area's theatrical history.

Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.

These abundant, over-the-top monuments are so widely scattered that they define the entire compact capital cityscape, often leading to jokes about whether there are more statues than residents.

Believed to be the largest single-stemmed oak tree in England.

Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.

Ramsgate’s Royal Harbour has the unique status of being the only Royal Harbour in the United Kingdom.

This seaside property, an example of Art Deco Streamline Moderne style, was designed to embody the curves of a great ship.

Tradition says that William the Conqueror dined on this stone after landing his Norman invasion fleet nearby.