Long before wi-fi, this public seat provided the wonder of being online while outdoors.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

This early 19th-century blast furnace only survived because it was a financial and technical failure.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

The patches of trees pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

This 19th-century island fort built to protect against an invasion by sea.

This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.

A poignant memorial to the 106 coal miners killed in three major accidents in Derbyshire.

A small Scottish town's larger-than-life tribute to the celebrated accordion player.

This little-known hero has been protecting "The Fens" for close to 400 years, and now from its most powerful challenger yet: climate change.

This industrial chimney looks rather out of place, isolated in the middle of an attractive woodland.

An oasis of calm, nestled in the English countryside.

It was once the longest continuously running cinema in the United Kingdom.

A fitting tribute to a beloved local boxing coach that's produced four world champions.

A tribute to all the green-thumbed workers who tend London’s public parks and gardens.

Instead of numerals, the unusual clock face spells out a memorial to a lost loved one.

An ancient water supply dating back almost 500 years can still be found standing in East Sussex.

This iconic high-rise residential block was one of the last to be built in the Brutalist style.

Tucked inside a South Bank bar is an epic expressionist chronicle of the 20th century.

This enormous sculpture honors an English town's engineering and industrial heritage

This old village lock-up is known as the "round house," but it is actually octagonal.