Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

A boutique perfumery fashioned to look like a Victorian-era shop.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

A historic arboretum and non-conformist, non-denominational park cemetery.

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

This house is one of the most colorful in the country, and is the last remaining example of a historic villa.

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.

Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.

The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

This incredible collection contains rare steam-powered engines, rides, and trains.

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.