Designed to mark the geographical center of France.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

The oldest known metal-mining site in England dates back to the Bronze Age.

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.

This stained-glass window in an English church bears the coat of arms of George Washington's family.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

One of the oldest libraries in England, and one of the last of the great medieval chained collections.

A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.

This industrial gem was one of the earliest examples of a metal-framed building.

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

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.