This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

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

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.

The beautiful non-repeating pattern honors the Oxford professor who discovered it.

The grave of the legendary "Bonzo" can often be seen covered in cymbals and drumsticks.

The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.

A reportedly haunted 14th century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

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

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

The first place where the scientific innovation known as radar was first demonstrated in Britain.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

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

An unexpectedly extraterrestrial room in a former Victorian resort club.