The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.

The world's oldest continuously operating record shop has been in Cardiff since 1894.

Originally made for a film, this replica plane hangs from the ceiling in the front hall of the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

This unique bridge curls up like a caterpillar to let boats pass and then unfurls again to span a small canal.

An architectural masterpiece which came in time to solve a dramatic situation inside this magnificent cathedral

Installed in 1938, this was the first moving neon sign in Bristol

A lone medieval church tower marooned among the City of London's skyscrapers

A statuesque figure of a feline stands sentry over a ostentatious spiral staircase

The ruins of a once-mighty medieval palace are hidden away in otherwise modern London

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

An archway adorned with vulnerable flora and fauna.

A building that looks like a giant hedgehog, in the middle of East London.

Inside features a display of how artistic crucifixes transformed throughout the centuries.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

The first botanical garden, a feather in the cap of the Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The mysterious “claw marks” said to be left by the Devil on Pisa’s famous cathedral.

Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.

The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.