The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.

This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

The sumptuous ceiling was one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution.

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

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.

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

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.

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

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

19th century museum with an eclectic mix of curiosities, from Egyptian artifacts to items on archery history to the skull of the world's oldest horse.

One of Manchester’s museums has gathered and preserved British political paraphernalia covering over 200 years.

These rose marble urinals are the most luxurious loos in Liverpool.

This bronze statue stands throughout the year and illustrates an urgent message about the environment.