Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.

Inside this home, the Icelandic national anthem was born.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

This stately bank building hides a spectacular star-studded ceiling.

This sculpture of disembodied body parts forms a poignant memory of the horrors of World War II.

Inside this cathedral is a shoulder bone belonging to the Patron Saint of Scotland.

Poetic, metallic giraffes adorn a square off an Edinburgh thoroughfare.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

Before becoming a poet John Keats studied here to become a surgeon.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

A pair of club-wielding guardians stand watch over London's first public clock to feature a minute hand.

This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

An agreement meant to honor the Duke of Buckingham led to this unusually-named passageway near Charing Cross.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

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

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

At this small museum, visitors can view artifacts from the only battlefield in London during the War of the Roses.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.