Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

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

A rare example of the RAF’s flying spy taxi.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

A reportedly haunted 14th century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”

Once-buried markers show England’s lowest land point keeps getting lower.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

This former military airfield's claim to fame came from a lucky accident during the Second World War.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

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

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

Legends say that this small island was the final resting place of the Welsh saint of lovers.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.