The longest cutting on the M62 contains some surprises—though it's best to leave the motorway to appreciate them.

Inside this station, the 1945 film "Brief Encounter" is played on a loop daily.

One of the largest objects salvaged from the famous sunken passenger ship.

This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

An ancient water supply dating back almost 500 years can still be found standing in East Sussex.

This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).

This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.

Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

The tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

The last surviving roundhouse in the United Kingdom also plays host to a popular annual beer and music festival.

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

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

Three memorials honor the victims of the worst sports stadium disaster in Britain.

From battleships to Roman vessels, this museum explores the depths of shipwrecks in the region.

This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.

This is Britain's one and only clock concealed in the pavement.

Along a Roman road flanked with beech trees hides a tale of wizardry and xenophobia.

This unusual sculpture is sometimes partially, sometimes fully, submerged.