The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

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

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.

This elaborate banquet hall in Queen Victoria's summer residence is an homage to Indian architecture, including miniature models of palaces in India.

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

The legendary bathing site of a Moorish queen is actually part of a Roman fish farm.