Gosport, England
HMS Alliance Submarine Museum
This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.
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Gosport, England
This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.
Milton Keynes, England
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Maidstone, England
This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.
West Malling, England
A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.
Windsor, England
One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
London, England
This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
London, England
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
London, England
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
London, England
The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.
London, England
Installed at a chaotic intersection, this gave London traffic cops a place to hang their heavy woolen coats.
London, England
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
A mysterious artist-run cabinet of curiosities and library.
London, England
The quaint little store that is said to have inspired a famous Dickens novel was only given its name after the book was released.
London, England
A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
London, England
This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.
London, England
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.