The names Lúthien and Beren can be found inscribed on the shared grave of the famous writer and his beloved wife and muse.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Mary Kelly was last seen here before she was murdered by Jack the Ripper.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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

Accessible only at low tide, the deserted island is dotted with World War II ruins.

Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.

The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.