A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

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

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

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

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

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

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

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

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