A bypass decorated with large wooden troll carvings.

Software company Epic Systems has created one of the strangest and largest workplaces of all time.

The former home of the world-famous Templeton Carpet Factory.

This fortress dates back to the 6th century and is also the site of a controversial abandoned restoration project.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The little-known second castle that William the Conqueror built in York.

Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.

This lake’s emerald green waters are a spectacular sight, but it’s not a great place for a swim.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.

The world's oldest family-run magic shop is hidden beneath a bustling London thoroughfare.

An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

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

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

This landmark church concealed a crypt packed with bones that was discovered thanks to the London Blitz.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.