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.
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Whitby, England
These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Whitby, England
This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.
Whitby, England
The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.
Harrogate, England
Where Agatha Christie mysteriously disappeared in 1926.
Harrogate, England
The last fully working Victorian Turkish bath in England.
Mansfield, England
The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.
Newark, England
A memorial to American oil drillers who volunteered to travel secretly to England in 1943 and work in the U.K.'s only oil field.
Newark, England
The undercroft is a spectacular example of medieval Cistercian architecture.
Newark-on-Trent, England
This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Lagoa, Portugal
Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.
Santa Luzia, Portugal
Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.
Rievaulx, England
This 11th-century Cistercian abbey was once seized by Henry VIII.
Thirsk, England
England's largest white horse isn't even white.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
Oban, Scotland
Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Inverkeithing, Scotland
A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
Leeds, England
One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
Leeds, England
This sculpture of Edward of Woodstock is surrounded by eight Victorian lamp bearers.
Leeds, England
The last gas-lit cinema in the United Kingdom, and perhaps the world.