A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

This eclectic antique shop is home to the taxidermy remains of a celebrity lion named Simba.

Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

This mundane post marks the old location of the city's main postal hub.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

The remnants of a depressing public toilet are now a hub of ever evolving street art.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

A quaint hamlet of nine cottages around a small green near Blaise castle.

A steep and winding road in the Yorkshire Dales passes by these deep natural potholes.

This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

The only medieval bridge in Britain with its defensive tower still in tact.

The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

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

This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.