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

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

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

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

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

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

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

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.