The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.

One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.

Over 70 independent businesses have set up shop in this former Victorian department store.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.

A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham’s central station.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

English parliaments were once convened by this ancient oak tree in the heart of Sherwood Forest.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

This precipitous pathway with its wrought iron handrail was created by the Victorians as a tourist attraction.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.