"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

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

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

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

Another entry into the world of Edinburgh's pop-up artworks.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

The unusual stilted beacon is the town's only active lighthouse.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

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

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.