All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

The rusting relics of Southampton's former luxurious flying boat industry.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

A historic house devoted to the teachings of a 1700's prophetess and her mysterious box of revelations.

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

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.

This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.

This incredible collection contains rare steam-powered engines, rides, and trains.

Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

The Isle of Wight’s “Island Line” serviced by former London Underground trains from the 1930s.

The world's shortest funicular ferries beachgoers a whopping 128 feet from clifftop to shore.

This commemorative stone was erected near the first Scout campsite.

This British museum hopes to take the taboo out of poo.

Obscene versions of this artist's work are the most popular.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

According to legend, a noble knight and a terrible dragon lie beneath this storied hill.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.