This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

A herd of half-sized cow sculptures has stood in this part for nearly 50 years.

The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.

A striking piece of street art in Southport depicting a much-loved racehorse.

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

A 19th-century British industrialist built this Louis XIII–inspired chateau for his homesick French wife.

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

This ancient Bedfordshire church was abandoned when the village's population slowly began migrating to new towns.

The world's first purpose-built motor racetrack was destroyed by the outbreak of two world wars.

At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.

All unmarked mute swans on the Thames are owned by the Queen per a tradition that began in the 12th century.

A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.

A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.

Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.

This ancient Egyptian obelisk still bears the wounds of World War I.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

Unwanted and reluctant ownership, Gordon Lamp glimmers faintly and serves as a relic of the bygone Victorian era.

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

This statue stands as a message against the ills of Apartheid.

Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.

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

The gravestone of a delicate singer-songwriter bears a fittingly introspective epitaph.