Conwy, Wales
Quay House, The Smallest House in Great Britain
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
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Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Cardiff, Wales
Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”
Llandudno, Wales
The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Northleach, England
Music boxes like you've never imagined.
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.
Ludlow, England
Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Bamburgh, England
The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Dresden, Germany
A unique hanging cable-car navigates through Dresden, the oldest suspension railway in the world.
Büren, Germany
This unique Renaissance castle was turned into a home for Nazi occultism.
Stuttgart, Germany
An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.
Oberhausen, Germany
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Bielefeld, Germany
According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.