This plaque in one of London's oldest public hospitals commemorates the first meeting of two of Britain's most famous literary heroes: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

This tiny town features a tiny town that acts as a 3D snapshot of the town during the 1950s.

This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

Feast on Middle Eastern mezze from an Israeli expat duo.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.

This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

One of the few remaining examples of 19th-century London’s attempt to clean up its reputation.

A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.