Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

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

A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.