This hilarious English intersection is an automotive whirlpool.

This bridge later moonlighted as a local jail.

Besieged by war, this castle ruin has crumbled into a peaceful picnic spot.

Soldiers carved these regimental badges into the chalk hills in remembrance of those who died in World War I.

This gate served as a small lock-up jail in the 14th century.

A life-size replica of a Spitfire that sits in a quaint suburb.

This modest relic, with rich history as a strategic fort through multiple eras.

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world

The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.

The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.

Legend says the people of Wiltshire got their "Moonraker" nickname from this small pond.

This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.

In 1999, a new equine figure was cut into this English hillside near the site where an older white horse had previously appeared.

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

Two standing stones are all that remains of a prehistoric installation.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

This strategically placed hill fort has served defensive forces from the Iron Age up until the 20th century.

England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.

A chalk horse cut into an English hillside in the 19th century.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.