A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

This churchyard arbor is surrounded by hundreds of gravestones placed there by author Thomas Hardy.

The curios of pharmacist and collector Henry Wellcome.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

Quaint, disturbing, and macabre objects are all on display at this intriguing collection of medical instruments from bygone eras.

During this yearly Welsh swimming race, competitors tread through the fetid waters of a bog trench.

A book bound in the skin of an infamous criminal, along with countless other specimens.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

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

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

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

The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.

This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.