These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

The discovery of this Neolithic settlement, which contained a Stone Age "cathedral," threw archaeologists for a loop.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.