A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

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

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.

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

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.