The last known resting place of the king who united England.

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

On October 17, 1814, a 15-ft. wave of beer ran rampant through the streets of London.

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

This sculpture pays homage to Shakespeare and his reference to a Manningtree tradition.

This ancient oak tree sheltered accused "witches" in the 17th century.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.

This Roman quarry once held secret masses and smuggler's contraband and is now home to rare species of bats.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.