This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

This former Welsh metal factory is now a lovely abandoned relic but was once one of the industry's world leaders.

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

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

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

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.

Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.

High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

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