This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

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

Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

A Victorian park cemetery, standing on the site of what was once the Great North Wood.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.