The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

One of Oxford's greatest treasures likely belonged to the legendary King Alfred the Great.

A mysterious Castle is now home to a rare breed of goat.

This Welsh dockyard was the site of the not-so-secret construction of the Millennium Falcon for the original Star Wars trilogy.

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.

Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.

Where, exactly, the great aviator completed her transatlantic flight has caused some trouble in Wales.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

A turn-of-the-century prophecy comes true when a mischievous wooden Devil watches the neighboring church burn to the ground

Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.

Ornamented with "Bristol Diamonds," this exotic shell grotto is considered to be the finest surviving example from the eighteenth century.

A humble homage to a gravedigger tucked within the dignified English cathedral.

A letterbox installed specifically for the first editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.