A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.

The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."

This sacred cave temple is home to thousands of bats and according to legend, a giant snake king.

Taxidermy of the racing horse with a huge heart, who inspired hope in the Depression.

This small group of sand dunes manages to pack in a strange rainbow of colors.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

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.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The rose garden in Regent's Park where Pongo and Perdita met for the first time in Disney's "101 Dalmatians."

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland's second largest island emit an entrancing sound.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.