Believe it or not, the now-ubiquitous California avocado originated in Guatemala.

The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

A legend says that if this elaborately decorated glass breaks, the good fortune of its owner's household will also disappear.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

A plaque pays tribute to the artist's longtime London home.

English antique dealers with a taste for the unusual.

The eternal resting place of the last highwayman hanged in England.

Home to one of the tallest church spires in Europe, this historic church once played host to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

This lone tower casts an outstretched shadow over the site of a once-wealthy Knights Templar preceptory.

The charming collection illustrates life in Lincolnshire in the 18th through 20th centuries.

The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

Visit on a Sunday morning to see some killer tricks.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

Don't worry, they don't use antique scissors.

This hospital helped pave the way for treatment that drove down child-mortality rates in 19th and 20th centuries.

The Columbia Road Flower Market is now open every Sunday, rain or shine.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.