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

An unusual artwork dedicated to a unique man that entertained people visiting Cambridge while raising money for charity.

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

The largest clown school in Britain offering accredited degrees.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

A celebrated bandstand at the center of what was once the worst slum in London.

A wellspring of creativity in an already artsy East London neighborhood.

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

Lovers proclaim their unbreakable bond by leaving their names on locks fastened onto the Shoreditch fence in East London.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

These steps offer a breathtaking view of one of Europe's most besieged fortresses.

Many of Edinburgh's more unsavory characters spent their final days behind this door while awaiting their executions.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

A 18th century graveyard and its astonishing cortege of macabre iconography.

A striking testament to the industrial past.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.