A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

A showcase of canine neckwear spanning five centuries of doggie fashion and function.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.

This Tudor-era castle was once part of King Henry VIII's plan to protect England from invasion.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.