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

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

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

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

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

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

The water-powered carriages are long gone, but for over a century this funicular railway has been the fastest route to the highest point in Paris.

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

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.