An ornate aviary built during the Victorian trend of collecting exotic birds.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

This giant geoglyph of mysterious origins is now the site of neo-pagan rituals.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

This unusual geoglyph was built as a warning so low-flying aircraft wouldn't scare the zoo animals.

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

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.

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