The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.

Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.

This former Imperial summer home was the venue for a royal slap that once echoed 'round the world.

This half-forgotten fortress was constructed by the Ottoman conqueror of Constantinople.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

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

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

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

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

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

The gravestone of a delicate singer-songwriter bears a fittingly introspective epitaph.

A majestic mansion designed in Mughalai style, complete with a turquoise onion dome.

The home of an eccentric Edwardian gentleman is packed to the rafters with handcrafted items collected over a lifetime.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.