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

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

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

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

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

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

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

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

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

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

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

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

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

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

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.