The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

In this small cemetery lies the grave of one of England's greatest football strikers, who died too soon.

This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

This tribute to a beloved cricket umpire is a magnet for risqué pranksters.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

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.

When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.

Constructed 20 years ago, this sculpture is slowly fading to the hands of time.

These abandoned coal mine towers near Sherwood Forest might soon boast the U.K.’s longest zip-line.

These bleak 800-year-old ruins were once the royal residence of choice for hunting in Sherwood Forest.

This lonely metal cross may hint at the true location of a medieval showdown between Christian and Pagan kingdoms.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

Cemetery established by the Victorians as a solution to the overflowing graveyards.

A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.

A poignant memorial to the 106 coal miners killed in three major accidents in Derbyshire.

A unique 1980s designed church sits uncomfortably in its traditional Victorian churchyard.

Three memorials honor the victims of the worst sports stadium disaster in Britain.

The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.

A secret meeting in this small cottage changed the course of British history.