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

This bridge later moonlighted as a local jail.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

The plaques around this 19th-century structure recall some rather strange tales.

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.

This ancient fort overlooks the site of a disastrous retreat from the English Civil War.

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.

All that remains of the fishing-vessel-turned-warship is its weathered hull.

The historic villages and towns of Suffolk are filled with wonky wooden beam houses painted an unusual shade of pink. Unknown to many though, this sweet shade has a bloody history.

Legend says the people of Wiltshire got their "Moonraker" nickname from this small pond.

It's a mystery why these remains were found with no traces of their bodies in sight.

A sculpture of a famous ape who was once a beloved household name in London.

This Norman castle was once the site of a Victorian-era prison, and now exists as a luxury hotel.

This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.

These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

The Great Fire of London and the regulation of one-way streets both started in this alley.

Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.

What started as a way to address damp basement walls turned into a house filled with intricate hand-carved designs.

England's most notorious suicide spot.

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."

A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.