This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

The site of the notorious Great Train Robbery of £2.6 million, one of the biggest heists in English history.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

This incredible viaduct was part of the Victorian railway boom and helped the Midland Railway navigate tough terrain.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.

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

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the Harry Potter films.

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.

This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

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

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.