All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

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

This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

This 1920s Dutch barge is now a floating bookstore.

Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

The strange behavior of a tween led to allegations of witchcraft and a curse being placed on anybody within earshot.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.