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

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.

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

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The excellent acoustics of this natural amphitheater made it a popular preaching spot for the founder of the Methodist Church.

These picturesque ruins crumble beautifully into the ocean.

The world's smallest commercial theater is set up in what was once a urinal for Victorian men.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

The photographs of "fairies" that fooled much of the world (including the creator of Sherlock Homes) were taken at this English stream.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

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

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

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

This secret garden has bloomed into London's most unique hub of urban creativity.