An unassuming churchyard is the resting place of a pioneering surveyor and reluctant namesake of a mountain.

The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

These shopping center benches are actually a modern art installation.

This concept building is the UK's first attempt at making a permanent structure of nothing but trash.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.

This Tudor-era castle was once part of King Henry VIII's plan to protect England from invasion.

In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.

One of the oldest seagoing boats in the world can be found at the Dover Museum.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.

The Neolithic megalith was one of the first archaeological ruins protected by the British government.

A large piece of modern art makes this roundabout the only one in the world with its own laser.

A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

This striking steel sculpture transforms environmental data into art.

An unlikely connection between a little English town and the most famous brand of American motorcycles.

A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.

This little-known hero has been protecting "The Fens" for close to 400 years, and now from its most powerful challenger yet: climate change.

"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.