This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.

This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.

The real clothing store that inspired a fictional spy organization's front.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

Legend has it that seven Anglo-Saxon kings were coronated on this stone, located in the appropriately-named town of Kingston.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

England's most famous front door has an accidental doppelganger.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This small collection of rare books was uniquely locked up for safe keeping.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

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