This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

Puzzles within puzzles hide a golden treasure in this hedge maze.

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.

World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.

It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.

This former quarry is now a vibrant labyrinth of magical in situ sculptures.

Want to properly offend a king? Sculpt a giant hill figure in chalk of him riding out of town.

Before 1993, this historic-looking village—King Charles III's pet project—didn’t exist at all.

Giant naked man on a hillside.

The world's only managed flock of mute swans was established as a factory for monk meat but is now an adorable sanctuary.

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.