A museum in the childhood house of a medical pioneer.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

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

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

This extraordinary Viking artifact has traveled throughout the city.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

A labyrinthine network of chambers with a storied past hides below Edinburgh's South Bridge.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

The block of aged dairy is probably still edible after 2,300 years in a peat bog.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

Experience what life was like in Ireland during the Viking and medieval ages.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.