Legend says if you stick your thumb in the hole and it gets wet, your wish will be granted.

This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.

Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.