A lost World War II military camp and post-war suburb swallowed by the woods.

Trimmings from the record-setting tree line that surrounds Cirencester Park have been used to manufacture chemotherapy drugs.

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.

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

This lonely bronze walrus celebrates a character in a Lewis Carroll poem.

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

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

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

The former "holiday home" for monks at the Durham Cathedral.

An abandoned tower once used to study the cosmos hides within a thicket of greenery.

A statue commemorating the perilous journey made by the monks who delivered the body of St. Cuthbert.

A monument with a strange legend involving a horse's tongue.

Though this bridge was originally built in the 12th century, only one of its 10 arches dates back that far.

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.

Take afternoon tea in a 17th-century almshouse.

Hundreds of years ago, this lion-shaped door knocker could help a person accused of a crime find temporary safe haven in Durham Cathedral.

These lamps were created to expel sewer gases after an event known as The Great Stink.

An unusual stone chair can be found on the banks of the River Wear, not far from Durham Cathedral.

A rather grand, but tiny, folly on the banks of the River Wear associated with a Polish count.

More than 500 years after his death, a medieval ruler's remains were found buried under a parking lot.

A replica of the famed statue far from home.

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.