The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.

A statue commemorating the perilous journey made by the monks who delivered the body of St. Cuthbert.

An unlikely link between a quiet English town and Sydney’s skyline.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The world's largest collection of ship figureheads includes figures from legends and history alike, from Sir Lancelot to Abraham Lincoln.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

Constructed for defense, this fort oversaw the dress rehearsal for one of the largest invasions in history.

A surreal paleontological sculpture garden pays homage to a fading industry.

The remains of the concrete ship can be seen during low tide.

Turrets, ramparts and towers, this Teesside castle has them all, but it's not all as it seems.

A monument dedicated to the unrecognized Black "mother" of modern medicine.

A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

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