This historic franken-chapel is the oldest wooden church in the world, at least part of it.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

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

Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.

Two women with a flair for both adventure and artful clutter created this singular round home.

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

A sense of bewilderment encounters visitors when they happen upon this former railway bridge.

The second largest surviving chained library is housed in this 12th century church.

For a century and a half, this great beech stood bearing a carefully carved 20-line poem. Now this stone and plaque are all that remain.

A renovated henge and stone circle just south of Stanton Harcourt village.

A rampant horde of demons smirk and snarl at visitors to this church, home to a rare complete set of medieval-era stained glass windows.

There are hundreds of secret WWII bases hidden in British forests. Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.

The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.

The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

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

This tall stone wall with no door and ill-matched windows was built centuries ago, and used as a shelter for domesticated pigeons.

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

The ruined abbey includes a rare surviving example of a monastic latrine.

One of the best-preserved examples of an old town lock-up in the country.

England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

A spherical "micro-nation" in the heart of Vienna.

A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.