Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.

Oxford University's stateliest library seems designed to make students truly feel the weight of knowledge.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.

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

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

This elaborate Byzantine-style building was designed for a not-so-pretty purpose.

A giant pineapple, a symbol of hospitality, and an amazing vacation rental option.

The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.

One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.