A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

You'd never know the houses at 23-24 Leinster Gardens were fakes—until you see the train tracks on the other side.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.

This unusually-named reservoir found a second life as a nature preserve.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

The only museum in the world dedicated to preserving the life and work of American comedian and entertainer, Phil Silvers.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

One of these two land speed record-breaking vehicles went so fast it shattered the sound barrier.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

All that remains of the medieval palace of the famous "Black Prince."

The historic site where Queen Elizabeth I once gave a searing speech.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.