The highest peak in Northern Ireland is topped with a stone tower and haunting burial mounds.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

A rotting air force base is now home to rare birds and scarce plants.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

A fully functional, 200-year-old remnant of the time when Brixton was mostly fields.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

A collection of machines designed to break things for science.

Half-eaten food on display at an English café.

A monolithic monument in Greater London.

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

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

A modest stone circle in North Wales.

A movable feast that is an East London institution.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.

Wonderfully preserved Victorian factory, complete with a preserved steam powered engine house.

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.

Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.