The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.

Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.

A nightly tradition fills the streets of Flogsta with a collective scream.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

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

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

The shop where the girl who inspired the beloved character once bought sweets is now a book-themed commercial curiosity.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.