The medieval-looking hammer beam teak roof may be a Victorian vanity, but it's still absolutely magnificent.

The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.

This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.

Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.

A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.

The intended purpose of this unfinished Elizabethan building remains a mystery.

A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.

This ruined medieval castle was the scene of Lord Robert Dudley’s seductive reception for Queen Elizabeth I.

This star-shaped artillery fort protected the mouth of the Thames from the 16th century to the Second World War.

This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.

One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."

This peaceful park with centuries of history hides in an overlooked section of South London.

Where the rules of that most quintessentially English game were first devised by an eccentric inventor.

This Norman castle has been the scene of assassination plots, religious persecution, and Nazi conspiracies throughout its long history.

The remains of a historic kiln once used to produce the famous Rockingham porcelain.

This foreboding medieval castle was twice besieged by barons rebelling against the English king.

A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.

This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.

Rare remnants of the brick-domed ovens birthed in the Durham coalfield during the Industrial Revolution.

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

Britain’s highest medieval monastery is a remote ruin nestled at the head of a valley 1,240 feet above the sea.

This historic factory peddles classic toys from the picturesque English county of Devon.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.