Traveling collection of amazing automata.

It’s fun to stay at the YMCA… but at this London outpost, it’s even more fun to eat the Bombay aloo.

One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.

This is Britain's one and only clock concealed in the pavement.

This small, round building is the entrance to a bomb shelter built in anticipation of World War II.

In the mid-1800s, the British military used this hilltop fort to train soldiers.

The door of St. Lawrence’s Church features small scars from a battle that took place nearly 400 years ago.

Visit the remains of a 19th-century defensive fort on the British coast.

This crumbling coast and its teetering tower are literally filled with history, but they are also at great risk of becoming history themselves.

Two tombstones associated with the much-beloved children's story.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

This statue includes the molehill that toppled a king.

An Art Nouveau church decorated in mother-of-pearl and aluminum.

The world's longest continuously running show has played at this small West End theater since 1974.

A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.

London's first edible insect farm offers facility tours and cooking classes.

This Tudor-era castle was once part of King Henry VIII's plan to protect England from invasion.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

A winding cave grotto walkway built to provide employment for veterans after World War I.

One English town's celebratory landmark spurred more trouble than anticipated.

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.