Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

This ancient abbey now lies in majestic ruin behind a caravan park.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

The palace window through which Protestant nobles flung two Catholic regents, thus sparking the Thirty Years' War.

A turn of the century building boasting some of the most beautiful art nouveau architecture in Prague.

A series of playful yellow penguins share a serious message about the environment.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.