This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

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

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

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

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

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

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

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An icy lake tucked among jaw-dropping alpine panoramas.

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.

On a site with a long military history, a 1980s shelter.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

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

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