The beams of the New College, Oxford dining hall come with an amazing story.

One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.

The wreckage of an old coastal trading vessel is only visible at low tide.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

This beautiful deer park was built so King Charles I and his court could go hunting while escaping a deadly plague outbreak.

A private selection of curiosities, carefully curated by a young Brighton local.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

A thousand year old oak tree survives in Liverpool.

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

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

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.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

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

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

A movable feast that is an East London institution.

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.