When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.

A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.

The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.

An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.

This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.

A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.

A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.

This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.

How did a literal hole in a wall become one of the top-rated tourist attractions in this English town?

A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.

In this medieval fish bowl, the carp weren't pets.

The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.

The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.

This section of the Kennet and Avon Canal has been designated the same level of heritage protection as Stonehenge.

A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Gothic tower mentioned in Thomas Hardy poem "The Channel Firing."

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

Also known as Rye Castle, this 13th-century fortification later became a prison and held one of Rye's most famous criminals.

A beautiful ruin of a 14th-century Plantagenet castle built by a medieval mercenary.

A grand Wetherspoon pub set in a former opera house dating back to 1902.

Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst were the first famous conjoined twins in England, but it's not clear when they were born.

A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.

The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.