Many of the cottages and houses of this tiny village are adorned with a local lord's collection of saintly statues.

This cauldron was said to be hidden inside a church after it was borrowed from a local witch.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.

A totem pole of heads to represent the different stages of life.

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.

A recreation of a sign that Charles Dickens used to see on his walk home.

This Great Dunmow pond was a breeding ground for medical leeches, as well as the testing ground for the world's first lifeboat.

Four hundred years ago, this turned-about message was carved into one of Winchester Cathedral's exterior walls.

The grave of Mrs. Reginald Hargreaves, who inspired the tale 'Alice in Wonderland.'

This local celebrity earned his fame by doing a job no one else dared.

A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.

This is Britain's one and only clock concealed in the pavement.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

In the mid-1800s, the British military used this hilltop fort to train soldiers.

This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.

At this fountain, Pongo and Missis of "The Hundred and One Dalmatians," stopped to drink.

Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.

A significant example of Czech cubist architecture—a style you won't find anywhere else in the world.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

A 1930s Art Deco swimming pool with a design inspired by grand ocean liners.

Hidden in the courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum is a little-known tribute to two celebrity pooches.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.