The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

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

This cauldron was said to be hidden inside a church after it was borrowed from a local witch.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

After funding was cut for a memorial to the Danish author, the sculptor had his statue ceremonially lowered into the city harbor.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

This enchanting hill is home to fairy lore and a sinister local mystery.

The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

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

Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst were the first famous conjoined twins in England, but it's not clear when they were born.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

On a remote footpath and surrounded by beautiful Sussex countryside sits Sussex’s smallest cemetery.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

This mysterious chalk figure of a horse has been recreated and restored for more than a century.

According to local folklore, this odd face on a wall of Rudyard Kipling's former home can bring visitors a bit of luck.