The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.

The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.

This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

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

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

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

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.

One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.