A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

An Oxford museum where visitors can have tea with the Mad Hatter and climb through the wardrobe to a fantasy land.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

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

Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.

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

Pyramid shaped monument with a tall tale attached.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.