This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

The world's oldest optical museum is an odd collection where the exhibits look at you.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

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

A student driver's nightmare.

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

The eccentric mansion of one the most popular horror authors of modern times.