These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

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

A toy store with a century-long history preserves the craftsmanship of playthings of the past.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.