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

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

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

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

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.

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.

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

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.

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.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

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

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

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.