A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

Macbeth's infamous "Great Birnam Wood."

A cross marks the spot in a small Scottish village that claims to be the exact center of the country.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

A bronze tribute to the wildly popular video game from the '90s.

The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.

The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

Marking the ancient boundaries of asylum around Beverley Minster.

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

This tranquil churchyard in the heart of England’s mining country whispers tales of both triumph and tragedy.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.

London's old-school healing garden.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A student driver's nightmare.

Ship-sized kinetic sculptural fantasy.