This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

Small Easter eggs are hidden in the ventilation holes of the city's newest trains.

A charming museum of natural history featuring dioramas and exhibits made entirely by college students.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

An ancient passage filled with stalls selling used books, once frequented by Vincent Van Gogh.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

This ancient rock shelter features cave art and is one of the most culturally important sites in the country.

The first place where the scientific innovation known as radar was first demonstrated in Britain.

The final resting place of hundreds of Polish airmen who died fighting the Nazis in Britain.

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.

A rare example of the RAF’s flying spy taxi.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

Peek inside restored planes at this off-the-beaten-path collection of aviation archaeology.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

This former Victorian bathhouse was all the rage during the mid-19th century and put Woodhall on the map.

Scars from the English Civil War mar this medieval sanctuary.

A rare example of this century-old British tank stands near the center of town in Ashford.

Some of the earliest leaders of the Moravian congregation are buried here.

This unique, full-sized copy of the Bayeux Tapestry sports a few modern additions, including underwear.