This 15th-century church was once described as the ugliest in England.

A grand Wetherspoon pub set in a former opera house dating back to 1902.

This freewheeling amusement ride is the last of its kind.

An obscure walkway dedicated to a scientist who helped pave the way for the world to sit up and take notice of Manchester.

One of the largest hills in New Forest.

In the mid-1800s, the British military used this hilltop fort to train soldiers.

Almost too short to be an actual street, this stretch of road maintains a unique moniker.

A tribute to the city's rich history of shipbuilding.

Many of the cottages and houses of this tiny village are adorned with a local lord's collection of saintly statues.

Despite the name, this ancient piece of crystal may not have been a lens at all.

This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.

Four hundred years ago, this turned-about message was carved into one of Winchester Cathedral's exterior walls.

A once-beautiful retreat is now a crumbling ruin.

This very ornate Victorian gateway seems completely out of place in the modern industrial city of Warrington.

Several colorful mosaic panels depict the life and creative genius of the Master of Suspense.

A group of committed locals restored this centuries-old windmill to its original condition.

Visit the grave of a famous feminist author and the mother of Mary Shelley.

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

Sitting among the tombstones and trees, this anvil tells a story of crowns, conflicts, and craftsmanship.

These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.

This original castle in Kendal is 1,000 years old.

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

The world's first consecrated windmill.

A modern museum built within a Victorian dry dock charts the history of the industrial town.