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.

Don't be fooled by this fake medieval facade even if it is almost 300 years old.

This Shetland Islands bus shelter may be small, but it squeezes in a couch, a desk, some art, and even an old telly.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

Residential building on the Regents Canal is a breeding ground for creativity and innovation.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

More than a million titles fill the labyrinthine shelves of this prestigious private library.

A mysterious bridge over a sunken Roman road.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

With lush plants and flowers, huge trees, ponds, and hidden monuments, this place feels a bit like discovering Narnia.

A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

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

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.

The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.

This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

One of the few standing Roman lighthouses and a labyrinth of tunnels are a couple of the secrets at this historic castle.