Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.

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

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

An ode to the classic piece of British street furniture.

Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.

The sculpture is made of more than 100,000 knives collected to raise awareness about violence.

A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.

In pastoral England, a plaque marks where an imaginary community addressed the problem of combat mortality.

The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.

The tower was originally used as a chimney for the waste incinerator of St Johns Precinct and Market.

This tranquil churchyard in the heart of England’s mining country whispers tales of both triumph and tragedy.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.

Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.

In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.

A tiny, hidden alleyway dedicated to the father of meteorology.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.