The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

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

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.

The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.

This Scottish bridge seems to compel dogs to leap to their death.

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

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

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

The fountain marks the area where hundreds of accused witches were burned at the stake.

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

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.

A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

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

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.

This Funeral Hearse Museum represents the finest in cadaver transportation.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.