Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.

Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.

Tiny effigies of the victims of Edinburgh's famous Anatomy Murders.

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

A 142-foot-tall Q-tip on Bristol's skyline.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

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

An ancient hotspot for spotting schools of fish.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

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

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

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The twists and turns of this serpentine maze are over 170 years old.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.

This antique prison is a tourist attraction with a sordid past.

After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.