A historic house left in "dramatic still life."

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

One of the world's largest collections of pathological specimens.

A collection dedicated to the treatment of disease, held in London's oldest hospital.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

Museum dedicated to the UK's first charity for abandoned children, with keepsakes of the mothers who left them behind.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

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

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

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

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.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.