A Victorian Fort built into the chalky cliffs that overlook the English Channel.

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

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

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

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.

This grave marks one of few bodies retrieved from the disastrous Franklin Arctic expedition.

The last gas works in England and Wales details how people once extracted the resource from coal.

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.

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

A unique journey back in time to an early 20th-century fairground.

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

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

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.

A face-like natural rock formation so well known, a pub was named in its honor.

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

Its walls are adorned with exquisite murals of the natural world, transforming it into an ecologist’s Sistine Chapel.

A tiny chapel perched along a 14th-century bridge.

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

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.

One of the largest lenses of its kind ever created, this former ship beacon has been brought down to Earth.