The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.

A hunk of prehistoric lava rests amid the Gothic architecture of a campus quad.

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

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

It is still illegal to "quarrel" at this unlikely urban oasis built on top of an electrical substation.

A clumsy-looking flying locomotive rusts within sight of a busy rail station.

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

This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.

What looks like missing grout is actually an old pub's peephole.

This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.

The final resting place of a celebrated First Nations man who traveled through England with a snake oil salesman.

This unlikely memorial honors the Canadian and Portuguese laborers who felled trees for the Allies in World War I.

The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.

At just 25 inches at its narrowest point, it's one of the tightest streets in the world.

A tribute to the intrepid explorer and his crew who perished in terrible conditions on an ill-fated expedition to the Arctic.

The small bright red pillar survived the 1996 Manchester bombing virtually unscathed.

Britain's only artificial surfing lake is nestled in the beautiful mountains of Wales.

An abandoned quarrying village turned commune is now a hub for learning the Welsh language.

Historical etchings such as “Miserable, wild, distracted 1350" and “The Archdeacon is an ass.”

A spiral staircase connects the limestone cave with Pembroke Castle, birthplace of King Henry VII.

All that remains of the only English cathedral destroyed in the Protestant Reformation.

A sculpture outside London's oldest cathedral honors the Mohegan chief who died while petitioning the king.