Edinburgh, Scotland
Rooftop Terrace at the National Museum of Scotland
There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.
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London, England
Allies Sculpture
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
London, England
Sir Richard Burton's Tent-Tomb
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
London, England
Earl's Court Police Box
The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Garden of Heroes and Villains
One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.
London, England
Peter Pan Statue
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
Crossness Pumping Station
This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.
London, England
Paddington Bear Statue
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
Village Underground
Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.
London, England
Archie the Giant Squid
The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.
London, England
Public Standards of Length
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
London, England
Sir John Franklin Expedition Memorial
A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.
London, England
Greenwich Foot Tunnel
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
John Harrison's Marine Chronometers
The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.
London, England
The Real Greenwich Prime Meridian
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
London, England
The Ten Bells Pub
Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.
East Sussex, England
Beachy Head
England's most notorious suicide spot.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Surgeons' Hall Museums
A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.
London, England
Monument to Hodge the Cat
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
Finch and Co Antiques
English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.
Glastonbury, England
Glastonbury
Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.
Prague, Czechia
Speculum Alchemiae
The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.
Prague, Czechia
The Museum of Alchemists and Magicians of Old Prague
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Lagoudera, Cyprus
Panagia tu Araka
Breathtaking Byzantine paintings cover the inside of this 12th-century church.
