When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.

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

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

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

Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.

These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.

This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.

One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.

A unique flight of canal locks that owe their form to 19th-century cost-saving measures.

The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.

A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

Known as the "Stairway to Heaven," this historic canal dates back to the 1700s.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

You can crawl inside this atmospheric 5,000-year-old tomb.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.