One of the oldest Rolls-Royce automobiles in existence, this vehicle was once driven by Henry Royce himself.

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

A real Hawker Hunter jet in the middle of Basingstoke.

The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Cathedral-like Victorian vaults are hidden within this iconic bridge.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

The door of St. Lawrence’s Church features small scars from a battle that took place nearly 400 years ago.

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

The lasting remains of the Balloon Section of the British Armed Forces.

A modern museum built within a Victorian dry dock charts the history of the industrial town.

In this scale model, our neighboring planets are represented by metal spheres spread across an English village. The nearest stars are represented by spheres in California and Australia.

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.

Half-eaten food on display at an English café.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

This artificial lake surrounded by Brutalist architecture served as a stand-in for futuristic Britain in Stanley Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange.'

The front of this 17th-century cottage also contains a large, stone face.

Inspired by the colossal pyramids at Giza, this 15-foot structure is believed to be the first funerary pyramid in Great Britain.

An eccentric memorial garden to the "warrior" birds of World War I, the messenger pigeons used by the Allied forces.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.