With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

These docile dragons are ideal inhabitants for the conservatory greenhouses.

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

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

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

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.