Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.

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

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A red sandstone freestanding monolith rises out of the sea in northern Scotland.

A breathtaking flower tunnel bursts with beautiful golden blossoms.

Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

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

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.

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

At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.

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

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

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