A vintage penny arcade hidden in the back of a fun fair-themed bar.

The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.

This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

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

These unique stepping stones hug a river's edge to take hikers on a journey through a limestone gorge.

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

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

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

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

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

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.