After public executions took place at this location, attendants would also attend a local horse race.

This innovative steam machine was no doubt the most famous of the pioneer locomotives.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

An enormous alien invades Woking, England, as an homage to the H.G. Wells classic 'The War of the Worlds.'

This peaceful park saw the beginning of an extraterrestrial invasion in H.G. Wells's 'The War of the Worlds.'

This unusual geoglyph was built as a warning so low-flying aircraft wouldn't scare the zoo animals.

This monumental gateway marks the northern edge of Brighton and is a welcome sign to all visitors to the seaside city.

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

The spot where Oxford garnered its name was also home to a medieval philosopher and includes a house covered in statues.

A hidden plaque is the only reminder of the lost palace where two storied English kings were born.

A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.

A replica of the gaslit streetlamp under which three teenagers founded a football club.

The history of this famed tree ranges from an 18th-century highway robber, to the Scout Association.

This giant weaving shuttle celebrates Lancashire's importance during the Industrial Revolution.

This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.

Known as the "Fat Man of Maldon," Bright was a larger-than-life figure.

In the 1930s, a mysterious murder shook this Northamptonshire village–the identity of the victim remains a mystery to this day.

A 16th-century footpath said to be haunted by a young girl that died trapped within its misshapen old house.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

A magnificent Victorian garden that brings the charm and style of old-time aristocracy to the 21st century public.

One of the oldest bridges in Norwich was used during the English witch trials and is said to be haunted.

This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.