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

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.

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

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

According to legend, this tomb holds the secrets to time travel.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

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

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

This museum inside a museum tells the story of London's timepieces.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.

One of Europe's oldest libraries.