This steel sculpture made from a recycled crane towers above a former shipyard.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

This enormous sculpture honors an English town's engineering and industrial heritage

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

Edinburgh's oldest statue hides within a parking lot behind the city's iconic cathedral.

England's largest white horse isn't even white.

This sculpture honors a long-beloved English comic strip in the main character's hometown.

The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.

Derelict chemical plant on the North Sea is a beautiful industrial ruin.

This memorial honors the first British soldier killed by enemy action on home soil during World War I.

The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.

This industrial chimney looks rather out of place, isolated in the middle of an attractive woodland.

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.