On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

This eye-catching roundabout sculpture commemorates one of England's best World War II-era "shadow factories."

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

The Last Home of an Executed King.

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.

A 13th-century fortified manor house that was once sieged during the English Civil War.

This tranquil churchyard in the heart of England’s mining country whispers tales of both triumph and tragedy.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

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

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.

Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.