Salisbury, England
Woodhenge
The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.
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Salisbury, England
The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.
Lancaster, England
A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.
Shanklin, England
This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.
Windsor, England
One of the oldest trees in Britain may have been witness to some of the country's formative moments.
Birmingham, England
This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.
Brighton, England
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
Bray, England
You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Coventry, England
This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.
Birmingham, England
This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Ely, England
A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.
Hereford, England
The largest known medieval map of the world.
Tring, England
Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.
Canterbury, England
One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.
Sheffield, England
Long-secret natural history museum, featuring the skull of a "Terror Bird."
London, England
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Nottingham, England
A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
Rothwell, England
Under a church hides a forgotten 13th-century ossuary containing the remains of around 2,500 people.
Ilkley, England
This strange moor has a song written about it, Bronze Age carvings, and an alien sighting.
Royston, England
Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.
Penzance, England
A circle stone within a stone circle.
Somerset, England
The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.