This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

A historic cave in Scotland once served as a hiding place for a famous Covenanter.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

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

Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.