Tucked away near more famous landmarks lies a statue meant to symbolize the confluence and continuing development of human culture.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

This was once a hall in which a 16th-century royal banquet was hosted by King James VI of Scotland.

An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

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

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Final resting place of John Middleton "The Childe of Hale."

Giant statue of a disembodied head.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

Natural history museum celebrating biodiversity with a parade of taxidermy animals.

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."