The oldest candy store in the world has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

The first geometric self-supporting spiral stairs in Britain are a truly beautiful sight.

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

These lovely Turkish-styled baths were brought back to life after winning a reality show competition.

Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.

The granddaddy of English geoglyphs dates back to the late Bronze Age.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

These morbid carvings remind churchgoers of the inevitability of death.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

The fierce beast perches atop a pedestal marking where the historic City of London gates once stood.

One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.

Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.

Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.

A house of bones — but nobody is quite sure to whom they belong.

A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.

Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.