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

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

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

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

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

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

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

A wooden statue commemorates a local celebrity who became a national sensation for his height.

Once the largest factory complex in all of Europe, this converted shopping center celebrates its industrial past in a big way.

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.

The largest municipal cemetery in the United Kingdom and the second largest in Europe contains some of Manchester’s biggest characters.

At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.

The pyramid-shaped grave of one of the first mountain astronomers and a pyramid theorist.

The oldest candy store in the world has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

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

A monolith stands at the site of the most significant battle ever fought on British soil.