This World War II airfield is the last place the bandleader performed before he disappeared.

A Victorian Fort built into the chalky cliffs that overlook the English Channel.

At this small museum, visitors can view artifacts from the only battlefield in London during the War of the Roses.

The world’s first dedicated cloud observation platform.

Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

The only electricity pylon under whose legs you can go by boat.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

The patch of land below the memorial was gifted by the British to the United States.

The star-studded street honors the city's most notable Brummies.

A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.

Once the largest factory complex in all of Europe, this converted shopping center celebrates its industrial past in a big way.

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.

Learn local history while picking up groceries at this museum tucked inside a supermarket.

A jumble of treasures in a small space, this old-fashioned local museum is full of surprises.

These carved medieval "mercy seats" are among the finest in the world.

A large piece of modern art makes this roundabout the only one in the world with its own laser.

This painted wooden sculpture depicts the characters of a popular Devon folk song.

The collapse of the brand-new dam caused one of the worst floods in British history.

A wooden statue commemorates a local celebrity who became a national sensation for his height.

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

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