The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

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

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Artists and musicians now rule over this former rail station.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.

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

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

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

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

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

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.