A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

A museum wholly devoted to juvenescence.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

An imperial church bombed to ruins during WWII now stands as a jagged memorial.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

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

This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.