One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

The world's longest known cave system.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

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

A 168-foot tower, part of the abandoned Chester Leadworks facility.