Angels, demons, and tortured souls on a giant wall mural in a little church.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

A wonderfully eccentric Victorian-era museum and library.

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.

Now a memorial to merchant sailors and Titanic victims, this medieval church was destroyed by bombing raids in 1940.

This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.

A seaside town with no sea in sight.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

This astronomical clock is the second oldest in England.

Once a farm where patients tilled the soil, this asylum lost its workforce when overmedicating became common practice.

Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.

A theatre built to house the rowdy Oxford graduation ceremonies became the stage for a debate about God's existence.

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.

The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

Gutted during the Liverpool Blitz, this architectural husk has been left destroyed in honor of the dead.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.