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

Giant statue of a disembodied head.

This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.

One of the oldest amusement rides in existence was a huge disappointment to its creator.

A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.

This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

Britain's tallest megalith towers over the cemetery of a quiet English village.

The world’s first dedicated cloud observation platform.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.

This jewel of an engine is one of Northern England's finest surviving legacies of the Industrial Revolution, even catching the eye of Henry Ford.

This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.

The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.

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

This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.