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

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

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

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

The Origin of On the Origin of Species.

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

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

Giant naked man on a hillside.