J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

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

The world's largest boar is a huge steel titan found at a French rest stop.

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

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

This Welsh hotel is the spiritual home of the British 1953 Everest expedition, the first successful ascent of Mount Everest.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

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

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

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

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.