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In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

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

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

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

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

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

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

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The remnants of an early American attempt at missile defense.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.