A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.

The UK's oldest theme park slowly slips away.

This home of a taxidermy hoarder is among the grandest and most singular of historic English estates.

This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.

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

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.

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

The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.

Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.

6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.

The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.

Regency-era excess on the English Coast.

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.

A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.

Europe's largest prehistoric mound – burial site of a legendary king?

In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Giant naked man on a hillside.

The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.

A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.

Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.