One man's attempt to stay one step ahead of the church.

A tumbling waterfall near a narrow passage that was used to herd cattle for hundreds of years.

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

A 13th-century fortified manor house that was once sieged during the English Civil War.

A 13th-century stronghold that has fallen into ruin.

This 20-foot mountain is made up of some 15,000 mannequins—if you visit, you can even take a piece home with you.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

A turn-of-the-century prophecy comes true when a mischievous wooden Devil watches the neighboring church burn to the ground

Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.

A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

This tower was created by the area's vicar as a shelter for exhausted travelers, complete with a fireplace and breathtaking views.

This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.

This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.

This unique rock formation has become a popular walking trail.

This 12th-century house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain.

This tiny alleyway is now a shrine to a subculture riot between the mods and rockers.

Near this coastal cave stands a small memorial to the hermit who made it his home for three decades.

King of the Saxons on top, Roman goddess of wisdom on the bottom.

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

One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.

This Neolithic stone circle is the most complete of its kind in Scotland.

Only a few pieces remain of the structure that carried people and goods across the Thames for some 600 years.

Scars from the English Civil War mar this medieval sanctuary.