A hunched figure depicted on the signs honors a local gentleman who died on an Antarctic expedition.

Through seven years of burglary, bereavement, and bad luck, a gentleman kept his word by saying none.

A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.

Chemical fertilizer in agriculture's origin story begins here.

Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.

This former Victorian bathhouse was all the rage during the mid-19th century and put Woodhall on the map.

This memorial pays homage to the Royal Air Force squadron that breached two important dams during World War II.

This wooden effigy believed to be King Charles I hung for centuries outside an inn and was mistaken for a deity.

A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

A surprisingly approachable statue of the man who dominated King Henry VIII's government.

Set amid the remains of a secret WWII airfield, this barn was preserved as a memorial to Allied agents who parachuted into Europe.

Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.

All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.