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The formal gardens at Hampton Court include an enormous rose garden.

For such a large building in a busy city, Westminster has spaces that have been carved out for reflection.

The original Globe Theatre may have burned down in the early 1600s, but a replica was built in the 1990s to introduce modern audiences to the structure of Renaissance theater.

This replica of Shakespeare's Globe uses the same layout as the original: A stage open to the ravages of weather, with three rows of covered seats in a ring facing the stage, as well as standing room for the "groundlings" at the foot of the stage.

One of the most spectacular homes in England (and the birthplace of Winston Churchill), this palace was built for the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough in the early 1700s and is said to rival Versailles.

Like many people of his time, Shakespeare was a bit transient, moving around his hometown of Stratford upon Avon and between Stratford and London. This is one of the few buildings that can be traced to him, through the ownership of his wife, Anne…

The Jewel House at the Tower of London is home to the Crown Jewels, the crowns and regalia that are used during coronations of the kings and queens of England.

The port city was well fortified, with a stone wall surrounding the city, and stone streets creating pathways for merchants and traders.

When Italians occupied this island in the 1920s, they tried to improve the grounds at Filerimos. They built a walk to Calvary, with stations of the cross leading to a large cross overlooking the island. (If you look closely, you'll see that the text…

A much earlier settlement, called Ialyssos, had its own Acropolis here on Rhodes.