A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

The accidental discovery of this gilt bronze head led archaeologists to find the Roman Baths in the city of Bath

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

One of the largest medieval barns in England and architecturally one of the finest.

Created by one of England's most prolific labyrinth designers, inspired by Bath city history.

Death hangs in the air here, where a 17th-century gibbet has been erected on a Neolithic tomb.

In pastoral England, a plaque marks where an imaginary community addressed the problem of combat mortality.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

The site of an early Arthurian battle and the dwelling-place of prehistoric people and (possibly) an ancient race of giants.

An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.

For a century and a half, this great beech stood bearing a carefully carved 20-line poem. Now this stone and plaque are all that remain.

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

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Legend says the people of Wiltshire got their "Moonraker" nickname from this small pond.

The designer of this railway tunnel added a birthday present for himself.

The beloved fantasy novelist is buried near a church containing a whimsical etched glass window full of Narnia favorites.

Beside the pew where C.S. Lewis often sat while attending church, a window filled with characters from his beloved stories.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.

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

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.