This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

This petite cutlery factory sits on the foundations of a defunct gasworks.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

This hill and tower are steeped in legend, from King Arthur to the Holy Grail.

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.

This quaint mortuary chapel hides a stunning Celtic Revival and Art Nouveau interior.

This eye-catching roundabout sculpture commemorates one of England's best World War II-era "shadow factories."

A retirement home for soldiers that can trace its history to the Elizabethan era and beyond.

Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.

Now isolated, this church was once the center of a bustling village that succumbed to the Black Death.

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.

A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.

Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.

Home to the most complete dodo remains known - one head, and one foot.

Ancient Egyptian wigs, South American feather headdresses, a bounty of anthropological artifacts in Oxford.