The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

Putting the "mod" in "modular" since 2000.

A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This ancient oak plays host to carvings of magical elves, gnomes, witches, and other creatures prominent in local folklore.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

Built for herding sheep, these tiny winding lanes with medieval origins and distinctive series of narrow turns are charming walkways for humans today.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

Glimpse into the life cycle of the European lobster and the work being done to protect them.

This modest site memorializes a World War II mission described without hyperbole as “the greatest raid of all.”

A haunted slate mine turned concert hall and a hidden fairy garden.

The medieval home is still engraved with the symbol of the profession, an eye flanked by two axes.

An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

This unique building in the main square stands out among the city's typically Baroque architecture.

These sprawling military housing quarters from the 1960s are now defunct and hidden in plain sight on Malta’s Mediterranean coast.

These clocks tell time in a theological sense.

This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.