One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

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

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

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

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

The site of London's first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

The longest staircase lock in Britain.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

A 19th-century Neoclassical building now housing a Hindu temple represents modern-day Glasgow at its most multicultural.

Inscribed on the gate are the names of 29 figures from the University's first five centuries.

The largest terracotta fountain in the world, built to commemorate Britain’s Victorian achievements.

One of the first monuments dedicated to the accomplishments of the great Vice Admiral, Horatio Nelson.

The former home of the world-famous Templeton Carpet Factory.

Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.

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

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