This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

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

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.