This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."

A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

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

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

You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.

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

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.