England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.

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

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

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

Enter the world under the hill at this ancient UK burial chamber.