The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.

Old Tudor home moved on thick iron rails to a new spot.

Semaphore saints, a golden dragon's head, and a stone carved with religious warnings all call this cathedral home.

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

Wooden sleds have replaced donkeys to cart goods around this utterly charming car-free village.

Charles Dickens described the concert room in this amazing Victorian hall as "the most perfect room in the world."

The ruins of a Roman fort lie in the shadows of an imposing medieval castle.

A 17th-century church is nestled within the walls of a 15th-century ruin.

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

Soak up some local history in this restored Edwardian era swimming pool.

This suburban British town holds secrets that would have made the druids proud.

The near loss of the stately fireplaces at this medieval castle spawned some of Britain's most crucial historic preservation laws.

This temple was constructed entirely by Roman soldiers.

England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.

The gravestone of a delicate singer-songwriter bears a fittingly introspective epitaph.

Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.

Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.

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

Home to the ancient Roman temple of a lesser-known Celtic god that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft.

This captivating Bronze Age timber circle spent centuries concealed by the tides.

The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.

One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.

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

This sculpture combines the literary Alice with her real-life inspiration.