An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

This historic building displays the remains of a victim of the devastating 14th-century plague.

This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

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

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

A flourishing garden with pigs, donkeys, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens, ducks, and sheep.

A memorial to a dog that inspired rioting in the streets of London.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.