History in the United Kingdom

Dedicated to the Father of the British Fire Service.

On May 2, 1845, crowds gathered to watch a clown and four geese sail upstream in a bathtub. Then disaster struck.

Once the overnight home of Mary Queen of Scots.

Inside the Finchingfield Guildhall, two sticks that belonged to alleged witches in the 17th century.

This tall stone wall with no door and ill-matched windows was built centuries ago, and used as a shelter for domesticated pigeons.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

Glasgow's oldest pub has a proud literary tradition and possibly a ghost or two.

Paul McCartney, Joy Division, and many others created era-defining music at this former recording studio.

After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.

A plaque commemorates a Victorian scientist's monumental discovery about waves.

Several Iron Age artifacts were discovered during excavations of this ancient site.

The ruins of a 15th-century castle that has seen its fair share of bitter feuds.

On this small spit of land, the person who runs the public house is considered the King of Piel Island.

In the 18th century, the Earl of Buchan mapped the universe on this stone pillar.

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

This severely painted building has a twisted connection to the witch hunts of the 1640s.