Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.

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

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.

A popular day's outing in Bovington consists of watching military tank driving practice.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

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

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

A writer's tiny retreat built from salvaged shipwreck timbers.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.

Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

On this tiny spot of land in the middle of Lake Titicaca the only ones who do the knitting are the men.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

Now containing the bones of the actual conquistador, instead of someone else.

This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.

The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.

These steeply terraced ruins are a stop along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.