The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.

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

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

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Geodesic dome luxury retreat in the Scottish Highlands.

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

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

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

The world's oldest surviving music hall was also once a freakshow.

The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

This collection of historic puppets honors centuries of the craft.

The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.