A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

This fascinating museum takes visitors through Britain’s Roman past.

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

This pedestrian footbridge honors Pero Jones, an enslaved African who lived in Bristol.

A historic, reportedly haunted pub that provided inspiration for several famous adventure novels.

The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.

17th-century merchants in Bristol nailed their deals by placing money on these pedestals.

It houses a menagerie of wondrous taxidermy specimens from around the world, including the remains of a famous gorilla.

An array of ancient artifacts from Bronze Age Bristol and other civilizations are housed in this museum.

Originally made for a film, this replica plane hangs from the ceiling in the front hall of the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

These stairs, seemingly disappearing into a wall, once tempted some students into petty crime

The unusual clock on this 18th-century market building has an extra minute hand for "Bristol time."

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.