This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

A statue erected in honor of the toadish nickname given to Jersey residents by the French.

A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.

This natural crater along the coast of Jersey may take its name from the devil statues who have watched over it.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."