A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

A statue paying homage to a world-record-setting aviator who disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

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

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.

Designed to mark the geographical center of France.

The experimental test tracks of a retro-futuristic monorail still stand in the French countryside.

The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.

The opulent home that inspired Tintin's Marlinspike Hall and the adventures within.