Leek, England
Lud's Church
This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.
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Leek, England
This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.
Burton-on-Trent, England
The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.
Moira, England
This early 19th-century blast furnace only survived because it was a financial and technical failure.
Buxton, England
Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.
Ashbourne, England
These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.
Ticknall, England
This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.
Newtown Linford, England
The alleged birthplace of Lady Jane Grey, who was executed at age 16 for claiming the throne of England.
Lynford, England
A strange and ancient landscape hides the dark, cavernous remains of a 5,000-year-old flint mine.
Derby, England
The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.
Ashford in the Water, England
This unique creation was used to house and wash sheep prior to shearing.
Birchover, England
This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.
Stanton Lees, England
Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.
Matlock Bath, England
This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.
Cromford, England
The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.
Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Bakewell, England
Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.
Crich, England
This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.
Oakham, England
Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.
Normanton, England
The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.
Chesterfield, England
The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.
Nottingham, England
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
Chesterfield, England
A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.