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A knight said to have slayed a dragon with the help of his winged dogs is buried inside the walls of a church.

Dating back to the early 12th century, this is the first Augustinian priory established in England.

A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.

One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.

An excavation site that signified Hercules in Pula, and a glimpse into the city's Roman history.

Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.

The bust of a 15th-century Albanian leader in the middle of London.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.

The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.

This meticulously reconstructed early medieval settlement offers an immersive experience of daily life in an Anglo-Saxon community.

This sculpture of a pylon is upside down and askew, as if its main purpose is to confuse passersby.

The birthplace of Jane Austen commemorated the 200th anniversary of her death with a bronze statue of the beloved author.

A bronze statue to commemorate an Auckland library's beloved feline resident.

With a history stretching back to the 16th century, this pub has a few stories to tell.

These remnants of Old London Bridge possess unique acoustics that allow for whispered conversations to carry from one side to the other.

A former smuggler's haven houses "The Chapel" and its mysterious carvings.

Every fifth of November, effigies of Guy Fawkes are thrown onto bonfires across Great Britain. But this Guy has managed to survive his fiery fate for almost 300 years.

The design of this seemingly translucent two-story tower in northwest Cambridge was inspired by an optical illusion.

The location Geoffrey Chaucer and tale-telling pilgrims set off for Canterbury in April 1386.

Cambridge’s century-old outdoor swimming pool is tied for being the longest pool in the United Kingdom, but it is also unusually narrow.

A Roman mosaic depicting a classical myth was only rediscovered after bombing during World War II.

Late Mesolithic settlements and Bronze Age burials have been excavated at this ancient woodland on the top of a hill.

Two larger-than-life Sean Henry sculptures blend in with the people of Colchester's high street.

This tiny church is one of England's smallest.