These 19th-century gas tanks were remade into an apartment complex.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

Discovered on a shipwreck after more than 400 years, this Renaissance ratter tells a very waggly tale.

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

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

A defensive structure built during the Hundred Years War has remained useful in one way or another for nearly 700 years.

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

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 glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

Visit the grave of a famous feminist author and the mother of Mary Shelley.

This sculpture encompasses the emotion of rail travel.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A museum that chronicles the interesting and often dark history of the London docklands, once one of the major trading ports of the world.

This hydraulic power system in London was, at one time, seen as a rival to electricity and the last of its kind to shut down.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

The arching stretch of London's longest street holds many reminders of the area's maritime past.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.