This large torch on the Hove coastline helped Sir Francis Drake defend England from the Spanish fleet.

This desolate boat was once a key form of public transportation for Portslade residents.

This Tudor cottage is adorned with many canary-clasping cats, which originally served as a reminder to a local clergyman of his pet's murderous ways.

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

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

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.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.

It was once the longest continuously running cinema in the United Kingdom.

An eccentric memorial garden to the "warrior" birds of World War I, the messenger pigeons used by the Allied forces.

This multicolored meandering masterpiece is Britain's longest bench.

This cauldron was said to be hidden inside a church after it was borrowed from a local witch.

Poet William Blake penned some of his most famous work during his brief stay at this beloved country cottage.

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

These unassuming buildings in the tranquil churchyard of rural Warblington are in fact grave watchers’ huts.

The ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian monastery can be found alongside World War II tank traps and pillboxes.

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

This unassuming Victorian cemetery is the final resting place of author Lewis Carroll.

The author of Alice in Wonderland spent his final years at this whimsical Victorian home.

This public pool is one of the last remaining lidos of the countless built in the 1930's as public works projects in the United Kingdom.

A beloved upside-down beacon off the coast of Northern Ireland.