The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

An effigy of a trapped paratrooper dangles from a Normandy church to commemorate one remarkable D-Day event.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.

This historic factory peddles classic toys from the picturesque English county of Devon.

This grave resides at the crossroad of three parishes.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

This ancient stone bridge dates back to the early Middle Ages.

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

A disastrous D-Day rehearsal was relatively unknown until this sunken tank was discovered 40 years later.

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.