These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.

A poignant memorial shows the widows and children left heartbroken by the worst fishing disaster in Scottish history.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

A rocky sea serpent hides caves, blowholes, and a spectacular natural bridge.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

These seaside shelters once enjoyed by royalty remain a part of local history.

Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.

A stone, covered in metal, commemorating an event that happened somewhere else a thousand years ago.

The Isle of Wight’s “Island Line” serviced by former London Underground trains from the 1930s.

This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

Follow the original medieval paths that wind through this intriguing section of the city.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

At the height of alum production at this factory, human urine was a valued commodity.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

Explore Hull's historic Old Town by following the sea creatures scattered throughout its charmingly cobbled streets.

This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.

The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

Overlooking the seaside town of Margate stands a tribute to an artist's lover.