The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

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

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

The bronze uniforms commemorate the vital role of women during World War II.

An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.

The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.

An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.

This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.

Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.

Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

The largest known medieval map of the world.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

A close look reveals that the Scottish monument is just slightly off-kilter.

The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.