This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.

This house was home to a succession of park keepers for more than 90 years, but in all that time, it never had a toilet.

In the 19th century, this pit housed a fully grown black bear for the entertainment of visitors. Today there is a sculpture in tribute to the poor creature.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.

When methane gas started seeping up from the ground, they picked up and moved the entire town.

A well preserved remnant of the English Civil War.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

This industrial gem was one of the earliest examples of a metal-framed building.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

Exquisite carvings of leaves, Green Men, and the occasional dragon adorn a medieval chapter house.

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

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

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

The Birthplace of the Englishman who founded the A.C. Milan football club.

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.

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

This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

A motley, fantastical agglomeration of unlikely houseboats along the Shoreham-by-Sea riverbank.