Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.

Island wonderland for communist autocrats.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

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

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

Fantastically decorated underground chambers built in the 1760s.