The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.

The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.

Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

This charming old building's loose connection with the Scottish Reformer is what saved it from demolition after it split apart.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

This memorial to the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989 is often compared to a potato on a skewer.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

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

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.