A cluttered and astounding collection of antiquities and curiosities.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

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

The longest hedge maze in the world.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

Underneath a chalk hill in France lies what Hitler hoped would be the underground launching base for a devastating new weapon.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The remains of the great moral philosopher reside in a university in London.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

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

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