This former abandoned hospital, a complex of stunning 19th century buildings, once housed 2,000 psychiatric patients.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

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

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

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

A circle stone within a stone circle.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

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

Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."

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

The "beautiful" equation predicting the movement of all electromagnetic particles is engraved in front of Newton's tomb.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

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

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

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

Part museum, part piece of Arthurian-inspired history, this stately hall attracts King Arthur fans from miles away.

A medieval replica of King Arthur's legendary table, the Round Table hanging in Winchester Castle was decorated by Henry VIII.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.