The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

This studio was home to David Bowie's first single, even if it did turn away the Beatles.

This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

An eccentric 18th century naval officer built a ship's quarterdeck on his roof, the inspiration for Mary Poppins's "Admiral Boom."

Once-buried markers show England’s lowest land point keeps getting lower.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

These centuries old gardens have been restored to their 17th century condition.

This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.

An English cenotaph honoring an American feminist icon.