Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.

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

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

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

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

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

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

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

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

The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

This long-hidden space above Westminster Abbey now displays the battle gear of the legendary King Henry V.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

A circle stone within a stone circle.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.