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

While most shipwrecks are submerged, this ship in Cyprus ran ashore.

More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.

Where the dead once lay, art now plays.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

A sculpture of a famous ape who was once a beloved household name in London.

Forlorn amidst a thicket mere feet from a cliff's edge stands a solitary headstone that appears completely out of place, a haunting symbol of a once-thriving town now lost to the relentless forces of nature.

On May 2, 1845, crowds gathered to watch a clown and four geese sail upstream in a bathtub. Then disaster struck.

Some of Britain's best-preserved Roman walls, above the Waveney marshes

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

This Cardiff Bay landmark traces its history back to when Norwegian ships transported coal from Wales.

This alley off Edinburgh's Royal Mile contains remnants of the city's seedier history.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

Now home to a drinking establishment, this building has a macabre history.

This Scottish graveyard is the final resting place of the man who inspired the character Ebenezer Scrooge.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

This otherwise ordinary close on the Royal Mile constituted the end of the world for Edinburgh’s poorest residents.

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

This monument is dedicated to a young boy who survived a disaster that forced Edinburgh to reevaluate its building codes.

Visit the remains of a notorious Victorian-era correctional facility.

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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.