Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The incredible private taxidermy collection of an eccentric zoologist.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

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

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

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

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

The fake World Cup prize was secretly created after the first one was stolen in 1966.

A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

A line of iron bollards with colorful, handknitted cozies fitted over them.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.