This abandoned Greek island was the last active leper colony in Europe.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

During the heyday of fishing in Hastings, there were more than 100 of these storage facilities.

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

The famous polar explorer stands outside the Royal Geographical Society's headquarters.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

Its town washed away centuries ago, this lonely tower by the sea tells the tale of a mermaid and a curse.

This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.

The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.

This grave resides at the crossroad of three parishes.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

The only place where can you share a seat with the bums of the Fab Four.

These stones mark 200 years of friendship between Britain and France following the Napoleonic Wars.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

One could not be blamed for literally walking all over this supposed landmark.

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