Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

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