The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

The National Railway Museum in York is the largest railway museum in the world, attracting almost 1 million visitors per year.

This aircraft museum is home to one of just three Halifax bombers in the world.

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.

Legend says that Wade the Giant scooped up a handful of earth to throw at his wife, leaving behind this round valley.

Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.

Built in 1911, the Tees Transporter Bridge is one of only six transporter bridges still in operation.

This enormous sculpture honors an English town's engineering and industrial heritage

A Brutalist monument in the middle of a housing estate by artist Victor Pasmore.

Public art now takes pride of place on the site of one of County Durham's last deep coal mines.

For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.

Locals affectionately dubbed this World War I memorial "Tommy."

The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.

Home to the longest wooden escalators in the world.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

Walk through Czech history in Prague's largest graveyard.

Also known as “Robin Hood’s tree,” it became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down.