This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

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

An impromptu shrine appeared shortly after beloved "Torchwood" character Ianto Jones was killed off the show.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

The ruins of a monastery that dates to the 7th century.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.

Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.

A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.

The world of the ancient Celtic civilization explained through a bewitching 11 acre garden.

This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.

This former medieval prison now unlocks Estonia’s rich photographic history.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.

Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.

Hotel designed by indie graphics artists.