The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.

A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.

This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.