A so-called Singapore junk store that is closer to a historical restoration center.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

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

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

A Victorian Fort built into the chalky cliffs that overlook the English Channel.

This peaceful oasis appears dreamy, but it's also the site of a nightmarish legend.

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

According to local folklore, this odd face on a wall of Rudyard Kipling's former home can bring visitors a bit of luck.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

A watercolor recreation of a famous fresco unearthed at Pompeii.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.