Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

This Gothic Revival castle used as a shooting location for "The Secret Garden" and other films.

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

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

The patches of trees pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.

A gardener saved a beloved clock face from destruction by building it into a wall outside his house.

This small building nestled along the Dove River is seen by some as the birthplace of angling as a sport.

The heroic tale of a remarkable pup who refused to leave her master's side, no matter what.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.

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.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.