This lonely memorial marks the supposedly haunted site of a brutal 19th-century murder.

Quirky outsider art transforms this garden shop into a little stone fantasyland.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

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

A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.

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

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

In the right conditions a wall of water up to five feet tall flows upstream against the current on the River Trent.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

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

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

This battery powered bell has been ringing since 1840 and is one of the worlds longest running science experiments.