This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

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

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

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

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

The historic site where Queen Elizabeth I once gave a searing speech.

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

A bench and a bridge pay tribute to Birmingham's favorite heavy metal band.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.