Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

Inside this church is an obscure piece of art carved by the famous Alice Liddell.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

This surreal art house looks like a geometric version of a small chapel.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

A 1950s beatnik coffee house, turned 60s counterculture hotspot, turned modern music venue.

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.

This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

It's believed King John of England stayed at this 13th-century castle before riding off to sign the Magna Carta.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.

Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

Great Britain's only hat-making museum.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.