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Officer Tony Marsh protects a reintroduced lady's slipper orchid near Carnforth, Lancashire, in May 2010.
flowers

This British Orchid Is Under Guard in a Secret Location

The last wild lady's slipper in the U.K. is a target for thieves.
Reina Gattuso April 11, 2019
Things weren't so pretty underground. A colossal fatberg snaked roughly 210 feet through a sewer pipe near the shore of Sidmouth.
sewers

A Pretty, Seaside Town in England Vanquished Its Giant Fatberg

It took several weeks, protective masks, and elbow grease. Oh, and also pickaxes.
Jessica Leigh Hester April 1, 2019
The telltale "court hand" that indicates the official nature of the document.
libraries

Found: A Lost Charter Issued by King John More Than 800 Years Ago

Is there nothing that libraries can't do?
Matthew Taub March 27, 2019
Sheffield, England

The Old Queens Head

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
Gastro Obscura

Pie Barm

Nothing to see here, just a humble pie sandwich.
When carving a boar's head, start with the cheek.
objects of intrigue

The Handy Playing Cards That Taught 17th-Century Cooks to Carve Meat Like a Pro

The decks suggested proper technique, and were a path to class mobility.
Jessica Leigh Hester February 6, 2019
One of the Schöningen spears in 1997.
hunting

Neanderthals Had Advanced Hunting Technology

Contrary to what popular opinion might assume.
Matthew Taub January 25, 2019
A tunnel tour
Rhydymwyn, Cymru

M. S. Factory, Valley

Following years of secrecy, the hidden history of a World War II site is being brought to light.
Peacefully grazing cow—or the next victim of an elf attack?
witchcraft

When Sick Cattle Were Alleged Victims of Arrow-Wielding Elves

For centuries, farmers suspected their sick livestock had been "elf-shot."
Abbey Perreault December 27, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Christmas Cake and Cheese

In Yorkshire, the holidays usher in this salty-sweet combo.
A pile of winsome soul cakes.
medieval

The British Bake Off That's Resurrecting a Forgotten Medieval Cake

Competitors are baking soul cakes, a bygone Halloween treat.
Abbey Perreault December 10, 2018
This illustration of <em>The Love Books of Ovid</em> was, apparently, too much for young minds.
libraries

Oxford’s Library Once Branded Its Sauciest Books With a Greek Letter

How James Joyce, Madonna, and Monty Python ended up on the same restricted shelf.
Matthew Taub November 15, 2018
Birley Spa, June 2019
Sheffield, England

The Birley Spa Bathhouse

This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.
Southwell, England

The Archbishop's Palace

Once a palace for the Archbishop of York, these 15th-century ruins now serve as a haunt for history buffs.
Topiary on nearby roundabout.
Gainsborough, England

Marshall's Yard

Once the largest factory complex in all of Europe, this converted shopping center celebrates its industrial past in a big way.
The trail.
Ingleton, England

The Ingleton Trail

This amazing trail among the many waterfalls around Ingleton has been enchanting visitors since 1885.
Southwell, England

The Saracen's Head Hotel

A 13th-century inn where the ill-fated King Charles I spent his last night of freedom.
Yorkshire Parkin from the vintage cookbook "Farmhouse Cookery."
Gastro Obscura

Yorkshire Parkin

On November 5, the British celebrate a thwarted assassination attempt with bonfires and deliciously dense, sticky gingerbread.