This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

This stretch of beach is the site of a prime watering hole and a primate watchtower.

Once a year, a sandbar rises from the depths just in time for the world's weirdest match.

An abandoned World War II tank left to rust in the downland.

The front of this 17th-century cottage also contains a large, stone face.

This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.

A rare full-sized statue of one of Britain's famous writers.

This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.

This carved stone slab marked the grave of a local dragon slayer, who makes a killer pie.

This open-air heritage museum illuminates centuries of historic English life from a West Sussex village.

This multicolored meandering masterpiece is Britain's longest bench.

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

Three tiny islands in a Portsmouth pond are at the center of disputed land claims from a number of competing micronations.

This concrete monster of a wreck lies in the mouth of Langstone Harbour as a monument to the incredible history of D-Day.

These unassuming buildings in the tranquil churchyard of rural Warblington are in fact grave watchers’ huts.

Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.

After protestors toppled a statue of a 17th-century slave trader, the pedestal where it once stood remains unoccupied.

Designed to celebrate the queen's 40th birthday.

This 19th-century Turkish bath house survived the Blitz of London and is now an events venue.

The remains of an ancient Roman teenager are memorialized at the base of a modern London landmark.

The commemorative stone column conceals a secret laboratory.

This legendary stone is of unknown origin, and throughout history has been a literal touchstone for British leaders.

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

The last four extravagant street signs of London's historic banking street.