One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.

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

WWII artifacts, including the building itself.

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

Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.

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

An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.

The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.

The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.

Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience.

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Giant topiary dog once played a role in a terrorist bomb plot.

On La Gomera, "Silbadors" communicate in a 4,000-word language of whistles.

Created hundreds of years ago, the magical follies and landscapes at this park were almost lost to time before being restored.

This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.