Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

The second largest surviving chained library is housed in this 12th century church.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

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

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

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