London, England
Mary Anning's Plesiosaur
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
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London, England
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
Faringdon, England
The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.
Nottingham, England
This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Lancaster, England
The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.
London, England
The monster at the center of the Darwin Center Spirit Collection.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
London, England
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
London, England
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
An incarceration museum on the spot of possibly the oldest prison in England.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Mansfield, England
The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Tattershall, England
An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.
Tattershall, England
The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.
Woodhall, England
This memorial pays homage to the Royal Air Force squadron that breached two important dams during World War II.
Oxton, England
This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.
Southwell, England
In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.
Nettleham, England
An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.