Atop this arch, during the 16th-century, a sermon was given to those suffering from plague.

The house where Charles Darwin's grandfather formed many of his influential ideas and inventions.

An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.

This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.

One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

This tribute to the fictional detective stands at the famous literary character's address.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

In Warrington’s Golden Square, it's always tea time.

An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.

Britain's answer to the NSA is based out of this deliciously-named circular headquarters.

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.

The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.

Once used to protect important Roman trade routes.

A tiny chapel perched along a 14th-century bridge.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

A 150-year-old steam locomotive crosses the southern half of the island daily.