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

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

Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.

A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."

This beautiful Victorian ironwork masterpiece was built to keep London from smelling like poop.

The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.

The ruins of a 17th-century lodge on a grand estate are being slowly restored to their former glory.

In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.

This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.

St. Mary's Asylum was isolated and abandoned before being converted into a Bed and Breakfast.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

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.

This unique sculpture of a steelworker is hidden amid the trees of Sheffield.

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

The city of Halifax still bears the scars of the largest explosion prior to the atomic bomb.

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

This chimney is the oldest free standing industrial chimney in Britain.

The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

Known as the "Stairway to Heaven," this historic canal dates back to the 1700s.

These centuries old gardens have been restored to their 17th century condition.

Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.