The remains of the oldest synagogue in Britain lay forgotten for seven centuries, hidden under a humble shop.

Giant statue of a disembodied head.

This historic London residence was once the womb of Scientology.

The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

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

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

Detailed sandstone carvings show an array of symbolism and adorable animals.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

Vast fan-shaped British cemetery honouring American servicemen lost in World War II.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.

Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

The natural history museum displaying the British bird collections and dioramas of Edward Booth, free of charge.

Rare and wonderfully wormy cadaver art captured in brass for centuries.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.