The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

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

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

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

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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.

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

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

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.