Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.

A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

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

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.