The townhouse where the English poet created some of his most influential work has been preserved in tribute.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.

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

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

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

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

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

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'