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Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

This bronze statue was erected to honor a small Scottish town's beloved stray cat.

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

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.

An artist's whimsical transformation of everyday objects.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

A quiet memorial to those who died saving others in the heart of the City of London.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

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