The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

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

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

A sculpture serving as an homage to Pope John Paul II.

The final resting place of the poets Shelley and Keats.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

A fairy tale castle in modern Rome.

Architectureal fantasy quarter of Rome.

An alchemist's "magic door" stands in the middle of a Roman park.

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

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

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

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

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

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

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.