A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

Soldiers carved these regimental badges into the chalk hills in remembrance of those who died in World War I.

A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

This local celebrity earned his fame by doing a job no one else dared.

Local legend says this unusual chimney is actually a broken-hearted man's tomb.

You can climb to the top of the column built to honor the "father of British inland navigation."

A relic of medieval punishment marks the center of this quintessential English village.

Model aircraft soar over 360-degree views of the countryside at the start of England's oldest road.

This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).

Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.

Death hangs in the air here, where a 17th-century gibbet has been erected on a Neolithic tomb.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

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

A well for a well, this anachronistically Indian-styled water pit was built in its small town home in gratitude for a similar favor.