This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

A village on the east coast of England that has almost completely eroded into the North Sea.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

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 haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.