The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

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

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.

The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.

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

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.

Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.

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

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.

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

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.