Bamburgh, England
Grace Darling Museum
This museum honors the young maritime hero who became an unexpected Victorian-era celebrity.
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Bamburgh, England
This museum honors the young maritime hero who became an unexpected Victorian-era celebrity.
Temple Normanton, England
A unique 1980s designed church sits uncomfortably in its traditional Victorian churchyard.
Birnam, Scotland
This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.
Folkestone, England
These 1,500-year-old remains were found in a mysterious Anglo-Saxon mass grave.
London, England
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
Devizes, England
Legend says the people of Wiltshire got their "Moonraker" nickname from this small pond.
Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
East Sussex, England
Two gilded cherubs perched on a church bell tower have been reminding visitors of the finitude of life since 1760.
London, England
The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.
Coventry, England
This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.
Lincoln, England
The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.
London, England
Where condemned pirates met their grisly end at the gallows on the River Thames.
Bray, England
You can spend the night in Dr. Frank-N-Furter's castle.
Reading, England
The wooden grave marker of a railroad worker who died in a freak whirlwind.
Stanbury, England
The English bed-and-breakfast believed to have inspired Emily Brontë's novel "Wuthering Heights."
Oxton, England
This Bronze Age burial mound used to be called "Robin Hood’s Piss-Pot" until it was renamed by spoilsport Victorians.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.
Duns, Scotland
The beloved war-time celebrity spent time in the area before retiring to the Edinburgh Zoo.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.
Lincoln, England
Legend says this demonic carving inside a medieval cathedral was one of Satan's minions.
Whitby, England
These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.
Kinver, England
The last occupied troglodyte dwellings in England weren't abandoned until the 1960s.
Peterborough, England
A humble homage to a gravedigger tucked within the dignified English cathedral.
Whitby, England
Legend says squeezing into this slender stone seat will make your wish come true.