A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

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

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

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

This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

An English artist has turned an unassuming ex-council house into a time-lost house of mystery.

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

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 ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.