The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

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

"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."

A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.

London's old-school healing garden.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

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

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

The breadfruit-adorned final resting place of the infamous Captain of the HMS Bounty.

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.

A place of remembrance for the Prime Minister that met a violent end.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.

The Florence Nightingale Museum is home to the famous nurse's most treasured possession: her beloved pet owl.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.