Model trains whizz around an extensive room-sized diorama of Kyoto City.

A collection of intricate sculptures so small they have to be seen through a microscope.

The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

A quaint hamlet of nine cottages around a small green near Blaise castle.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

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 one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.