This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

The first museum in the United Kingdom dedicated to this woodwind instrument.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

The largest timber structure in Europe.

This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.

A locomotive made from 185,000 bricks celebrates the town's pioneering railway history.

This sandstone tree trunk is a relic from a long-past era when England had a more tropical climate.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

Local legends say that fairies used to dance in the moonlight here and invite handsome young men into their grottoes.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.

This rare aquatic phenomenon is one of the more accessible tidal bores in Morecambe Bay.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

A pub that is literally in the middle of nowhere, but continues to do business.

A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.

A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.

A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.

This stately estate house features a tower covered in a bright, modern mural.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.