Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The next-door homes of two very different musicians, George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

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

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

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

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

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

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

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

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

This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

The pioneer of psychoanalysis spent the final year of his life here, still seeing patients on that famous couch.

A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.