Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

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

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.

Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.

At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

This round structure dotted with portals is one of several pieces scattered throughout Lancashire.

A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

The oldest candy store in the world has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.

The tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

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

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

The last fully working Victorian Turkish bath in England.

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

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

A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.