The unusual private collection of modern-day renaissance man George Musgrave.

Don't worry, they don't use antique scissors.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

Music boxes like you've never imagined.

Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.

This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.

If your school was decorated with trippy graffiti, served ambrosial coffee, and was frequented by mimes, it might have been similar to this groovy cafe.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

A museum devoted to the science of color.

A five-story homage to tea times past.

A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.

A traditional American farmhouse plopped in the middle of a Piccadilly courtyard.

A comic book store that puts the marvel back in marvellous.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

This may be the smallest length of railway in the United Kingdom.

This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.

Constructed 20 years ago, this sculpture is slowly fading to the hands of time.

A replica of one of the most complete mammoth skeletons discovered in England.

A beautiful Kentish country intersection hosts a tasty little photo spot.

Once a year, a sandbar rises from the depths just in time for the world's weirdest match.

Inside this station, the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" is played on a loop daily.

These carved medieval "mercy seats" are among the finest in the world.

A jumble of treasures in a small space, this old-fashioned local museum is full of surprises.