Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.

The final resting place of George Washington's Grandma.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

This tranquil churchyard in the heart of England’s mining country whispers tales of both triumph and tragedy.

Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

The world's largest collection of preserved trolleybuses.

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.

The Isle of Wight’s “Island Line” serviced by former London Underground trains from the 1930s.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.

A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

Climb to the top of this windmill for a scenic panorama and up-close look at wind energy production.

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.

This small museum in a former church crypt contains artifacts of the Elephant Man, Jack the Ripper and Florence Nightingale.

A quaint hamlet of nine cottages around a small green near Blaise castle.

This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.

A subterranean playground in an abandoned slate mine.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

A 168-foot tower, part of the abandoned Chester Leadworks facility.