This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

This tower was constructed to commemorate the man who helped bring true democracy to the United Kingdom.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

A tongue-in-cheek arcade where the games are based on everyday life.

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

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

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

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

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.