Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

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

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A road runs through the middle of this small Austrian chapel.

The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.