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

An architectural masterpiece which came in time to solve a dramatic situation inside this magnificent cathedral

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

A historic Georgian building and warm springs.

Discovered on a shipwreck after more than 400 years, this Renaissance ratter tells a very waggly tale.

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

Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.

A memorial marking the original departure point for the two ships carrying the early English settlers to the New World.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

This picturesque horseshoe weir was first built in the 1600s to prevent flooding in the town of Bath.

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

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

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

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

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

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

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

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

The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.

The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.