This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Catacombs turned marketplace.

A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

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

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

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

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

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

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

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

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".