Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

This peeling mural of Adam and Eve was inspired by the greenhouses at Kew Gardens.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

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.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

The gigantic skull of a long-extinct species that once roamed the forests of England and Ireland.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

These medieval tunnels provided water to the city above through centuries of civil war and plague.

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.