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

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

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

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This mythical weapon stuck on the mountaintop is also the site of the first honeymoon in Japan's history.

This former train tunnel is filled with lines from a poem crafted by Robert Louis Stevenson.