Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.