At this small museum, visitors can view artifacts from the only battlefield in London during the War of the Roses.

World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.

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

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

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

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.

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

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

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

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

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

An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.

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

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.