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

In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.

One of the shortest streets in York has an especially odd name.

The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

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

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.

Gothic tower where Lord Alfred Tennyson wrote the poem "The Sleeping Beauty."

A little-known ruin with a convoluted history and a fascinating latrine drainage system.

Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.

A ruined castle has more than its fair share of legends and ghost stories.

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.

The world's oldest model village.

A recently restored Shoreditch landmark with ties to Jack the Ripper.

The weathered grave of a medieval anchoress who walled herself up in a cell attached to a church.

A slightly surreal menagerie of structures that were lovingly spared from demolition and reconstructed in a field.

These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.

Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.

This fantastical and eclectic English garden takes its inspiration from Egypt, China, the occult and more.

This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

A sturdy relic of Britain's once crucial gunpowder industry is now a haunting Cornish ruin.