A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.

Keep a lookout for replicas of this wooden soldier hiding in plain sight all around town.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

The scene of the United Kingdom's most famous UFO incident, dubbed the "British Roswell."

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A relic from one of London's worst 19th-century slums.

England's "pier at the end of the universe" unites astronomy and contemporary architecture.

A chaotic collection of coin-operated slot machines designed to delight and disturb in equal measure.

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

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.