This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

Legend says these colorful, invasive residents are the descendants of birds released by Jimi Hendrix.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

This macabre painting of a Shakespearean scene looks like something out of a nightmare.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

After a traumatic encounter with a six-foot eel, one Galway baker started making a daily loaf of sourdough in its shape.

Once an early Christian burial site, it's believed the location was home to around 200 gravestones.

Oliver Cromwell once seized the land under this house, which included the ruins of a medieval abbey that the owner used to build his stately home.

This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.