Ordinary art transforms to extraordinary thanks to locals' quirky sense of humor.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

An expansive complex of subterranean tunnels is all that remains of one of Europe's most formidable medieval fortresses.

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

This stack of stones honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

A rare permanent monument to the Scottish Travellers.

Every St. Andrews student knows to avoid this inscription for fear of a martyr's curse.

The world's shortest street was created by an awkwardly placed hotel.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.