Once a training ground for Olympic athletes, this artificial ski slope has fallen into ruin after a fire in 2012.

These ruins are a monument to the region's industrial heritage, and the site of England's worst mining tragedy.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

A replica of the steam engine that hauled Queen Victoria's Royal Train is on display at Windsor.

A rare example of this century-old British tank stands near the center of town in Ashford.

These abandoned coal mine towers near Sherwood Forest might soon boast the U.K.’s longest zip-line.

The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.

A popular day's outing in Bovington consists of watching military tank driving practice.

This medieval manor house was hastily fortified when it found itself in the middle of the Scottish fight for independence.

The ground on which Shakespeare’s initial playhouse once stood.

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

The last vestiges of a magnificent Victorian-era train station can be found in this pub.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.

A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

Probably the smallest museum in the world, housed in a disused phone booth.

This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.