There's an exclusive Beefeaters pub hidden in the Tower of London.

Once upon a time these giant concrete tanks were used by local fishermen to clean their wild-caught mussels.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

A baffling beast so absurd a town councilman called it "intellectual vomit in technicolor."

Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

The largest of only eight working transporter bridges left in the world.

Modern commuters still pass through this 2,000-year-old Roman archway.

The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

A long, winding trek rewards you with a gorge so captivating it inspired a painting in the Tate.

Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.

An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.

It is said a heartbroken man visited the gap every day to stare blankly out at the sea.

Quirky outsider art transforms this garden shop into a little stone fantasyland.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

This remarkably intact, 260-year-old cargo ship is only visible at the lowest of spring tides.

Constructed from recycled wrought iron railroad tracks, it's been described as the most beautiful seaside pier in England.

Every May, townspeople welcome summer with a bizarre pagan parade led by a man wrapped in garlands.

This tallest folly in the world began its life as an elaborate factory chimney.

Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.