Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.

This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The red letters in the literary pavement leading to the library form a mysterious code.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.