Once designed as the entrance to Buckingham Palace, this structure was later relocated and stands as a victory arch.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

Originally meant to hold a statue of King William IV, this support sat empty for years. Today, it hosts a rotating cast of public artwork.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

This inn of the court provides a fascinating window into London’s legal and architectural history.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

The pockmarks across the building's facade are remnants of the Blitz.

This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.

The ruins of a church destroyed by both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz, now turned into a peaceful garden.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.