On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.

Floating pink tap installed for a flower show in London.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

Built during the Scottish boom in the oil industry, the village was never inhabited.

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Long abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.

A succession of eerily contemplative iron figures lead from a Scottish museum to the sea.