Locals spent years successfully fighting to save this beloved Brutalist behemoth from demolition.

This cathedral's stained-glass patchwork of psychedelic colors and shapes was put in place long before the swinging 60s.

English parliaments were once convened by this ancient oak tree in the heart of Sherwood Forest.

One of London’s rare Tudor-era buildings is a fate-defying gatehouse for a church.

The house in the middle of the motorway.

This multicolored meandering masterpiece is Britain's longest bench.

The largest timber structure in Europe.

Standing atop Wellington Hill is the world's tallest three-sided obelisk.

A fantastic example of Victorian railway engineering with two unusual decorative features.

The world’s oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge.

Cathedral-like Victorian vaults are hidden within this iconic bridge.

These ruins are a monument to the region's industrial heritage, and the site of England's worst mining tragedy.

English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.

A sense of bewilderment encounters visitors when they happen upon this former railway bridge.

This industrial chimney looks rather out of place, isolated in the middle of an attractive woodland.

This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.

This industrial museum is based on one of the oldest standing iron forges in the U.K.

The ruins of a 17th-century lodge on a grand estate are being slowly restored to their former glory.

An iconic waterwheel in the Pennine Hills marks the location of one of Britain’s most profitable lead mines.

The now-quiet remains of coastal artillery defenses that were used in both World Wars.

This Grade II Listed Building with an Art Nouveau façade once contained a unique print shop.

Hundreds of huge, centuries-old horseshoes adorn the walls of this nontraditional 12th-century castle.

Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.

The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.