The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

A sculpture of a famous ape who was once a beloved household name in London.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

Its collection includes a broad array of social, geographic, graphic design, and political history.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This former medical factory gives home to cutting edge arts in the shadow of a gas works.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

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

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.