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

Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

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

This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.

A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.