Several colorful mosaic panels depict the life and creative genius of the Master of Suspense.

A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.

A free public golf course hides in plain sight in the heart of Scotland’s capital.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

This round structure dotted with portals is one of several pieces scattered throughout Lancashire.

A museum of co-operativism housed in the birthplace of the modern movement.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

A statue built to honor the elite soldiers who fought for Latvia during World War I.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.