Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

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

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

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.

This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.

A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.

The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.

Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

Students can borrow artwork from this gallery to display in their own residences.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.

The best place to acquire pea shooting fame.

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.