From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

At the height of alum production at this factory, human urine was a valued commodity.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.