Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.

These ornate arches show how the course of the River Thames has changed.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.

This once-controversial and slightly confusing statue of Achilles was built out of captured cannons.

Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

Sculptor Antony Gormley used chaos theory and fractal growth to design his tallest creation.

A monument at the site of a decisive battle in the First English Civil War.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.