This historic former textile mill now houses a brewery, hotel, and what's believed to be the longest bar in the United Kingdom.

A fantastic example of Victorian railway engineering with two unusual decorative features.

Henry VIII's forgotten castle was built by the gunpowder-obsessed king to be defended solely by cannons.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

This Tudor-era castle was once part of King Henry VIII's plan to protect England from invasion.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

Today, Kent's medieval monarchs hold court on a busy pedestrian thoroughfare—or at least their statues do.

A jumble of treasures in a small space, this old-fashioned local museum is full of surprises.

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

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

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

An anti-tank graveyard in the English countryside.

This holy spring and its well have been the site of religious devotion for millennia.