This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

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

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

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

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

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

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

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

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Legend has it this gnarled old tree was planted by Tsar Peter the Great during his visit to London.