This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

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

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

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

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

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

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

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

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

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

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

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

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."