These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.

One of London's oldest houses contains a mixture of both old and modern features.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

The largest clown school in Britain offering accredited degrees.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

The world's largest grapevine has produced a delicious harvest at Hampton Court Palace for almost 250 years.

The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

The stoic structure boasts a whimsical set of stained glass art commemorating Lewis Carroll.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

At the top of the hour, figures of the London department store's two co-founders emerge and bow to each other.

Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.

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