Burial mound for the ears and noses of thousands of mutilated Korean soldiers.

Open since 1690, this former teahouse makes “strength mochi” based on the centuries-old recipe.

A bizarre philosophy-themed park founded by an occult expert.

A replica of the boarding house where many pioneering mangaka lived in the 1950s and ’60s.

The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.

An art museum dedicated to the sculptor Barbara Hepworth, but it is by no means restricted to her work.

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

Built as a training camp, this site became a detainment center for prisoners of war and German civilians during World War I.

A rocky outcrop where monks hid their most holy relic while escaping Danish invaders.

There were once more than five stones in this ancient monument.

An ancient natural spring still providing water to the nearby village

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

This bridge once allowed Dere Street to cross the River Tees.

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

This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.

A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.

Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.

One of Cumbria's largest stone circles, dating to the Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age.

The remains of a remote village that once housed over 1,200 dam workers and their families.

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

A beautiful medieval bridge allegedly constructed by the Devil.

The abandoned railway bridge stands hidden in the farmland of rural Cumbria.

Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.