This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

An alleyway plaque is all that remains of the independent Texas' envoy that forgot to pay their rent for over a century.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

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.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.