The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

This mountain is one of the largest in Scotland but is better known for its hollow insides.

Go back 50 years with a turn on one of the park's carefully restored vintage fairground rides.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

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

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

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

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

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

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.