This tin chapel was built by POW's during World War II and is painted to look like something much more grand.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

These ruins witnessed the final gathering of the failed Jacobite Rebellion.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

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

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

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

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.