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

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."

This industrial gem was one of the earliest examples of a metal-framed building.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

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

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

Lord Byron's embalmed body lies within this medieval church.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

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

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

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?