A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.

The Metropolitan Police refurbished the blue box (perhaps not coincidentally) the same year "Doctor Who" returned to TV screens.

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

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”

See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.

The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

You can see three Irish counties from this Neolithic hillside fort, once the seat of the Kingdom of Ailech.

A proud bronze billy stands as an eternal symbol of Ireland's oldest festival, where a goat is made king.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

This singular Irish dolmen is more Frank Lloyd Wright than upright stonehenge.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.