The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.

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

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

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

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

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

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

A plaque marks the humble origins of an artistic muse who embodied the ideals of Pre-Raphaelite beauty.

This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.

Over a thousand musical instruments are on display, from bagpipes and harpsichords to drums and the sinuous serpent.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.

The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.