These enormous concrete blocks played a vital role in one of history's most important days.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

A beautiful bronze statue of the greatest fossil hunter of the 19th century.

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

A midnight snack that lights up the night.

A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

Explore the history of mining in this museum, or in a real mine from the 1920s.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

A pile of earth left over from a water supply project was converted into an anti-aircraft installation during World War II.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.

How did a literal hole in a wall become one of the top-rated tourist attractions in this English town?

A wooden statue commemorates a local celebrity who became a national sensation for his height.

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.