Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.

This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

The town of Argleton has a postal code and appears on maps and even real estate listings, yet it does not exist.

In an isolated field near a dilapidated barn stands this chilling portrayal of the plight of the Nuba peoples of Sudan.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

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

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."