Edinburgh, Scotland
The Witches' Well
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.
London, England
A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.
London, England
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
London, England
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Zurich, Switzerland
See the rare bloom of the "Queen of the Night" cactus at one of the world's largest succulent collections.
Zurich, Switzerland
One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.