A public art project to commemorate a tumultuous period in Derby's history.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.

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

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

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

This imaginative sculpture is a memorial to this town's former mining industry.

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

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

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.

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

There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

The English Civil War began right here in 1642.

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.

This bare, bronze lad in a lone sock sits in the middle of Loughborough’s town center.

The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

This old village lock-up is known as the "round house," but it is actually octagonal.

This early 19th-century blast furnace only survived because it was a financial and technical failure.

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.