Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

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

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

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

The oldest candy store in the world has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.