Model aircraft soar over 360-degree views of the countryside at the start of England's oldest road.

This early Norman castle was the first historical monument protected by an act of Parliament.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

The patch of land below the memorial was gifted by the British to the United States.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

England's oldest surviving hedge maze has been confusing visitors for over 300 years.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

A marine aquarium with an astounding variety of fish hides in the basement beneath the famous Palm House.

A gallery specifically dedicated to the botanical illustrations of a remarkable traveling lady.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

London's marvelous wildfowl reserve along the Thames.

This secluded walkway overlooks a magnificently wild London green space.

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

Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

A monolithic monument in Greater London.

Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

This hidden rooftop garden in downtown London offers a quiet respite from a bustling city.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.