London, England
Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
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London, England
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
London, England
The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.
London, England
London's largest outsider art museum.
Largs, Scotland
This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
London, England
This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.
London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
Oxford, England
The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.
Camelford, England
A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.
London, England
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
London, England
This home on a quiet suburban street is completely covered with vibrant mosaics.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
London, England
The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Wilkieston, Scotland
Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.
London, England
A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.
London, England
Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
London, England
An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.