The spot where three Protestant clergymen were burned at the stake during the reign of "Bloody Mary."

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

The broken skateboards that became a poignant memorial to a murdered skater.

Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.

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.

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.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

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

The lantern carried by the infamous Guy Fawkes when he was arrested while attempting to blow the houses of Parliament and the King of England to smithereens

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

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

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

A renovated henge and stone circle just south of Stanton Harcourt village.

In 1999, a new equine figure was cut into this English hillside near the site where an older white horse had previously appeared.

The geoglyph once sported a glass bottle eye.

This massive chalk hill carving is one of England's most beloved giant horse geoglyphs.

One of the smaller hillside chalk horses was designed and cut in by a group of local students in 1804.

This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

This blue plaque commemorates the unexpected origin of one of the world's most beloved deserts.

Several Iron Age artifacts were discovered during excavations of this ancient site.

One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.

Lurking among the classical architecture, rose gardens, and art of this historic country house—a crocodile in a bathtub.

A 12-foot-tall metal fisherman looks out over the promenade.