The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.

The world's oldest model village.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

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

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The sign at the garden gate reads: "These Plants Can Kill."

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

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

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.