A vintage video game wonderland in downtown Reykjavik.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

Remnants of cells from the most notorious London prison may lie in the basement of a rare Victorian Gin Palace.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

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

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

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

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

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.