This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

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

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.

This remarkable building has a lot to offer, even if you're not placing a bid.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.