Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.

After the band included its number in one of their songs, the box became a monument to the musical group.

A powerful statue sits on Scalestone Point, looking out over Morecambe Bay.

A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.

This collection of ancient structures makes up part of the largest group of prehistoric earthworks in Britain.

A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

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

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

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

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.