This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

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

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

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

A historic cave in Scotland once served as a hiding place for a famous Covenanter.

This Viking gravestone carved in a rare runic style was dug up from a London churchyard.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

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

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.