There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.

As part of a larger public art project, three pillars honor the past of Wincobank.

This unique medieval court deals solely with the lead mining laws in two small areas of Derbyshire.

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

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

These abandoned coal mine towers near Sherwood Forest might soon boast the U.K.’s longest zip-line.

The final resting place of hundreds of Polish airmen who died fighting the Nazis in Britain.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

A medieval relic whose great hall once hosted Mayflower pilgrims, one of Henry VIII’s ill-fated wives, and plenty of royal intrigue.

This Victorian gate contains cryptic inscriptions in Greek, Latin, and Hebrew.

This romantic, decaying 13th-century ruin on the edge of Sherwood Forest is reputedly one of England's most haunted places.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.

The world’s first dedicated cloud observation platform.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

A tiny chapel perched along a 14th-century bridge.

The first privately owned air raid shelter in Britain, built after a horrifying night of Zeppelin bombings.

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

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

In this quiet English suburb, giant steel hands and feet dot the landscape.

An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.

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

A magnificent mansion hides a delightful collection of historic timepieces.