A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

This imaginative sculpture is a memorial to this town's former mining industry.

The famous Alice Liddell designed this memorial after losing her sons in World War I.

This bare, bronze lad in a lone sock sits in the middle of Loughborough’s town center.

Locals call it the "Give Peas a Chance" bridge because of its distinct graffiti.

These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.

Exquisite carvings of leaves, Green Men, and the occasional dragon adorn a medieval chapter house.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.

In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

The adorable animals return to this nature reserve every fall to give birth to their pups.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.

This striking statue brings a scene from the African savannah into central London.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.