A mysterious carving from 17th-century London seemingly depicts a young boy sitting on a bread basket.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.

The fantastic charm of England's oldest botanical garden has made it a place of writerly inspiration for centuries.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Murals of the wild parties once held on the frozen River Thames.

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

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

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

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

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

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."

A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.

These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.