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

This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.

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

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.

This delightful hidden farm is home to Victorian ruins and a wonderful menagerie of animals.

This 19th century police station now puts the history of the Manchester City Police on display.

At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.

The last of the 19th-century booze-free bars has been slinging teetotal tonics for over a century.

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 stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.

These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."

The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.

The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

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

In a quiet hamlet above Penistone, these village stocks are still standing.

A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.