Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.

The first green space constructed on an elevated viaduct.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

An eccentric millionaire's personal curio collection includes at least one shrunken head.

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

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.

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

The final resting place of soldiers' loyal canine companions.

Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

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

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St. John's Precinct and Market.

A memorial to the politician who became Great Britain's first fatality to be caused by a locomotive.