This toxic spoil heap found a second life as a ski slope, popular film location, and wildlife haven.

A memorial for public executions that dates back to the 14th century.

The sculpture of the deceased cockatoo flops atop its personal plinth.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

This religious museum resides in a church crypt next to the founder's house.

A genuine Little Shop of Horrors.

The lasting remains of the Balloon Section of the British Armed Forces.

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'

A display of everyday life in the area that was unveiled during the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

This 2,700-year-old woman is the jewel of the Maidstone Museum's Egyptian collection.

A story of cutlasses carelessly carving a celibate centenarian's cemetery stone.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.

A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.

This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.