Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

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

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

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

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

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

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.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.