This Great Dunmow pond was a breeding ground for medical leeches, as well as the testing ground for the world's first lifeboat.

Designed to celebrate the queen's 40th birthday.

A 142-foot-tall Q-tip on Bristol's skyline.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

A student driver's nightmare.

One of the oldest remaining Catholic churches in England is home to the hand of a 7th-century saint.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.

A portly statue of a golden boy commemorates an unusual cause of the Great Fire of London: the sin of gluttony.

London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.

A plaque hangs near the execution place of the Scottish Independence leader famously depicted in "Braveheart."

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

This may be the last of London's wooden pavements, which were once a common sight in the city.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

This charming, narrow-gauge railway in the Thames Estuary is sometimes referred to as the "Train to Nowhere."

The world's oldest model village.

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

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

One of the oldest lighthouses in the world, this structure was built more than 800 years ago.

A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.