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

This remarkable building has a lot to offer, even if you're not placing a bid.

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

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

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

This lovely ancestral home inspired the author D.H. Lawrence, and features a tunnel made out of a living willow.

This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.

A wildlife paradise, this island is one of the world’s most important habitats for burrow nesting seabirds.

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

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.

Three small rooms at the back of the “official” church of London's clowns.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

High-end antique collection housed in a centuries-old church.

Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

The tomb of one of Scotland's bloody historic villains is a magnet for bumbling desecrators.

Richard III supposedly disposed of his nephews' bodies here in an effort to seal his claim to the throne.

Even after the church tried to wipe the practice out, this pagan festival lives on each year in a small Scottish village.

Luxurious hotel designed to stir the imagination of its many visitors.

A Scottish manor with a history of mysterious fires, magic, and eccentric tales