The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

William Blake claimed to have painted this gothic masterpiece after encountering this nightmarish being in a vision.

Rare and wonderfully wormy cadaver art captured in brass for centuries.

A monolithic monument in Greater London.

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.

The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

This ruined 15th-century hermitage is steeped in myth and mystery.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.

The 2,000-year-old beam is tucked within the pedestrian entrance to the old London Bridge.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

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