Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

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

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.