Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

The remains of a remote village that once housed over 1,200 dam workers and their families.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

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

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

This crumbling coast and its teetering tower are literally filled with history, but they are also at great risk of becoming history themselves.

A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.

The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.

Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

An ornate and disused early 20th-century building has been given new life as a fully operational structure, complete with offices, oyster bar, and a furniture retailer.

A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.

This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.

A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.