How did this lovely seaside English village come by such an unusual name?

A multi-storied painting that depicts the area's rich and diverse maritime history.

The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.

Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.

A sea cave with a waterfall and Viking past

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

An impressive armored bronze effigy marks the tomb of one of the medieval era's greatest warriors.

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

A set of medieval stained-glass windows tell the gruesome story of a Viking siege.

Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

An avant-garde artist is survived by his seaside garden.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

A castle in the Scottish Highlands has been continuously inhabited since the 1300s.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.