Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

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

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

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

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.