Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.

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

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

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

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

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

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

A preserved 18th century steel factory.

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

The first museum in the world devoted to sexual gadgetry.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

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

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A 2000-year-old Roman amphitheater lies just below Guildhall Yard.