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

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

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

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

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

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.