Stow-on-the-Wold, England
The Tures
Built for herding sheep, these tiny winding lanes with medieval origins and distinctive series of narrow turns are charming walkways for humans today.
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Stow-on-the-Wold, England
Built for herding sheep, these tiny winding lanes with medieval origins and distinctive series of narrow turns are charming walkways for humans today.
Matlock, England
A pile of earth left over from a water supply project was converted into an anti-aircraft installation during World War II.
Copenhagen, Denmark
This sculptural representation of an Andersen fairy tale had to be pushed away for being too grim.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A boat slowly sinking into the Essex mud flats bearing the names of the disappeared that haunt the Thames Estuary.
Margate, England
Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Dorset, England
The site of a dress rehearsal for D-Day that ended in disaster.
Manchester, England
A small statue shaped like the grill of a Rolls-Royce marks the suburban location where the company’s first automobiles were manufactured.
Beaconsfield, England
The world's oldest model village.
Chislehurst, England
Shakespeare, David Bowie, Dr. Who, the Saxons, Druids and Romans are all claimed to have all made their mark on these massive man made tunnels.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
London, England
A student driver's nightmare.
Oxford, England
A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Beverley, England
Lewis Carroll's White Rabbit or something else altogether?
Forres, Scotland
A curious collection of mechanical moving figures.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Gibraltar
Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Legend says this cave housed a 16th-century cannibal and his family of 48.
Hereford, England
The largest known medieval map of the world.
Northchurch, England
"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."
London, England
Eclectic final resting place of the controversial explorer.
Stilton, England
Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.
London, England
Traveling collection of amazing automata.