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The Singing Ringing Tree

Burnley, England

The Singing Ringing Tree

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

Whalley Viaduct

Whalley, England

Whalley Viaduct

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

Brouwerij ’t IJ

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Brouwerij ’t IJ

This bird-loving brewery is situated in an old municipal bathhouse, nestled beside a 300-year-old windmill.

Preston Bus Station.

Preston, England

Preston Bus Station

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

"All the people that come and go..."

Liverpool, England

Penny Lane

The Liverpool street made famous by the Beatles is real.

Ponden Hall.

Stanbury, England

Ponden Hall

The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."

The ruins in the wood.

Bingley, England

Milner Field Ruins

A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.

Grandad's Clock and Chair

Bradford, England

'Grandad’s Clock and Chair'

A comfortable-looking armchair and a grandfather clock have been sitting on this sidewalk for the last 30 years.

Secret maps of the UK in the Control Room.

North Yorkshire, England

York Cold War Bunker

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

Top Withens

England

Top Withens

A ruined farmhouse that inspired an (inaccurate) illustration for Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel “Wuthering Heights.”

Epiacum from above

Alston, England

Epiacum

A well-preserved 2nd century fort where moles are the archaeologists.

Exterior.

Liverpool, England

Western Approaches Museum

The grand complex of buildings that comprise Liverpool's Exchange Flags includes a vast World War II bunker that has been frozen in time.

Winnats Pass

Hope Valley, England

Winnats Pass

A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom

Sandal Castle.

Wakefield, England

Sandal Castle

Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.

Stone Circle at Castlerigg with the mountain Blencathra in the background

Keswick, England

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Derwent Pencil Museum

Keswick, England

Derwent Pencil Museum

A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.

The Atom Panopticon

Laneshawbridge, England

The Atom Panopticon

This round structure dotted with portals is one of several pieces scattered throughout Lancashire.

Ribblehead Viaduct

Chapel-le-Dale, England

Ribblehead Viaduct

This incredible viaduct was part of the Victorian railway boom and helped the Midland Railway navigate tough terrain.

Precariously perched.

Lancaster, England

Norber Erratics

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

Smardale Gill Viaduct.

Smardale, England

Smardale Gill Viaduct

A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.

Long Meg and Her Daughters

Penrith, England

Long Meg and Her Daughters

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.

Whitby Abbey through the Whale Bones

Whitby, England

Whitby Whale Bone Arch

These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.

Coffin bench.

Whitby, England

199 Steps Coffin Benches

These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.

Scoresby's Polar Bear

Whitby, England

Scoresby's Polar Bear

A monument to the real explorer and bear who inspired characters in Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

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