The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

This Victorian marvel of engineering and artistic prowess is nicknamed the "Cathedral of Steam."

The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

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

What do we know about the real woman behind one of the Beatles' most famous songs?

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

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

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

Taxidermied animals galore, by appointment only.

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

The quiet field that inspired one of the most famous songs of all time.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

A small and tranquil hidden garden in commemoration of one of the great Victorian plant collectors.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

The site of the notorious Great Train Robbery of £2.6 million, one of the biggest heists in English history.

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

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

Built for herding sheep, these tiny winding lanes with medieval origins and distinctive series of narrow turns are charming walkways for humans today.

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