A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.

This water-powered cliffside railway is one of the steepest funiculars in the world.

A 4,500-year-old forest is slowly being revealed from beneath the sands of a Welsh beach.

Welsh literary history is preserved in the delicate pages of these medieval manuscripts.

A real-life Professor Snape once taught in this Welsh university building, which students of course nicknamed “Hogwarts.”

A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.

A stone monument acknowledging Scotland's right to have a separate Parliament from the one in Westminster.

Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.

This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.

Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

This World War II bunker is now a shrine covered with sea shells.

An 800-year-old island castle in Guernsey's main harbor.