Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.

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

A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.

Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

This 600-year-old tower was built as a comfy residence for cherished pigeons.

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

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

This unique medieval court deals solely with the lead mining laws in two small areas of Derbyshire.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.

Britain's answer to the NSA is based out of this deliciously-named circular headquarters.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.