One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

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

Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

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

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

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

In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

This unique Lady Liberty is one of the only examples of the figure sitting down.