Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.

An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

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

The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.

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

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.