In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

This quaint funicular has been ferrying people up and down an English valley since the Victorian era.

This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.

Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.

Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

This forgotten chalk mine was reopened thanks to a massive effort from the local community.

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

A historic holy well hidden near a charming English park.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

Baked in 1898 and still almost flawless, this floral masterpiece is considered the world's oldest complete wedding cake.

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

Legend says this ancient pagan site can cure all ailments.

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

The "father of immunology" used this humble hut to offer the local people some of the world's first free vaccinations.

This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.

At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.

Built by George III to observe the transit of Venus, this Georgian gem is a unique survivor in the Arcadian landscape of Richmond upon Thames.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.