This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

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

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

A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

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

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

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

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

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

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

Traveling collection of amazing automata.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.