This seaside property, an example of Art Deco Streamline Moderne style, was designed to embody the curves of a great ship.

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

An ancient water supply dating back almost 500 years can still be found standing in East Sussex.

Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.

This vintage weapons display would be the perfect place for bibliophiles to hold out in a zombie apocalypse.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.

A jumble of treasures in a small space, this old-fashioned local museum is full of surprises.

Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.

A vast archive of cultural artifacts collected from numerous expeditions across Africa and Asia.

An English explorer's vast natural history collection has the first realistic dioramas of animals staged in their natural habitats.

A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.

Horsemen once used this tilting post during jousting practice.

In this scale model, our neighboring planets are represented by metal spheres spread across an English village. The nearest stars are represented by spheres in California and Australia.

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.

Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.

Explore nearly 400 years of English middle-class home life.

This knockout museum lies in a sleepy corner of London.

Hidden behind a wall for decades, this masonic lodge was only rediscovered during renovations.

The ruins of a 17th-century lodge on a grand estate are being slowly restored to their former glory.

The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.

This 20-foot mountain is made up of some 15,000 mannequins—if you visit, you can even take a piece home with you.

England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.

These carved medieval "mercy seats" are among the finest in the world.