These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

Stroll through Welsh history in a village of reconstructed structures.

Also known as “Robin Hood’s tree,” it became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

A museum and gardens with unusual plants and a history of progressive programming for the blind.

A museum pays tribute to the glass-making industry of Sunderland.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

Journey through this open museum where even employees remain true to period.

The world’s oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.

The largest timber structure in Europe.

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.