This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.

Remnants of the 16th-century defensive wall still stand unassumingly within Edinburgh.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

This Scottish burial tomb once held hundreds of ancient eagle bones.

This overlooked street light once served as a KGB dead letter box.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.

Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."

The Egyptian-inspired last resting place of Lord Kilmorey.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.

One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.