These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.

One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.

This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.

This boat was built by school students as an after school project and now acts as a floating classroom and tourist boat on the Chesterfield Canal.

The Suurhusen church tower in Germany leans over farther than the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.

This centuries-old canal known as the Cuckoo Dyke has a staircase of locks suitable for a giant.

This Colombo wetland is an unlikely wildlife haven just outside the capital city.

The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.

London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.

What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.

65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

The tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.