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

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

This shell of a historic manor house on the Isle of Wight is said to be the most haunted site on the island.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

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

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.

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

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

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

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

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

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

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

England's most notorious suicide spot.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.