A rare full-sized statue of one of Britain's famous writers.

This elaborate banquet hall in Queen Victoria's summer residence is an homage to Indian architecture, including miniature models of palaces in India.

This commemorative stone was erected near the first Scout campsite.

The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

This multicolored meandering masterpiece is Britain's longest bench.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

An eccentric memorial garden to the "warrior" birds of World War I, the messenger pigeons used by the Allied forces.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

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

World War II air raids over Bristol dislodged this fragment of tram line that ended up embedded in a churchyard.

The unpredictability of this pendulum's movements has drawn visitors to this magnificent church for decades.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

These iconic characters honor Carl Giles, who brought humor to newspaper readers for almost 50 years.

This freewheeling amusement ride is the last of its kind.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

The now-quiet remains of coastal artillery defenses that were used in both World Wars.