When Athelhampton House’s owner died in 1598, his four daughters equally divided the manor and it remained divided for 250 years
At 800-year-old Berkeley Castle, the gardens are gorgeous but the stories chilling of pitiless murder of Edward II
Château de Chenonceau : After Henry II died, his widow, Catherine de Medici, forced the king’s mistress, Diane de Poitiers, to give her the castle
Château de Blois: the beautiful French palace where Joan of Arc was blessed before defeating the English at Orleans
St. James’ Palace: Henry VIII knocked down a hospital for women with leprosy to build another royal residence
Palais des Papes: the large Gothic building that housed the anti-popes became a prison during the French Revolution
Castel Sant’Angelo: the mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian turned into a refuge for the popes during wars, sacks, and sieges
Steampunk triumphs in the Neverwas Haul, a Victorian house on wheels inspired by science fiction novels
In WWII, Soviet partisans hid in the Odessa Catacombs, which stretch for thousands of miles below the city