A student driver's nightmare.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

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

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

An optical Illusion once believed to be an electrical phenomenon.

Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

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

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The ruins of this medieval castle in Northern Ireland have inspired artists from C.S. Lewis to Led Zeppelin.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Straight out of a nightmare, barcode-faced babies climb up and down Prague's television tower.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

Microscopic scenes; some call it novelty, some call it art.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.