London, England
The First Public Drinking Fountain
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
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London, England
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
A musical composition 1000 years in length plays at the Trinity Buoy Wharf in London.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Skipton, England
This lovely little burbling creek is actually a deadly waterway that has dragged down everyone who ever set foot in it.
Glasgow, Scotland
Hidden in a Scotland museum is a copse of extinct tree stumps.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.
Seaview, England
This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.
Cardross, Scotland
One of Scotland's most important modern structures, it just made the '100 Most Endangered Sites' list.
Hartfield, England
The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.
London, England
Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
Mow Cop, England
This crumbling folly looks like an enchanted left over from Middle Earth.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
London, England
A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.
London, England
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
Manchester, England
This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.
Melrose, Scotland
This picturesque view of the Scottish Borders was beloved by Sir Walter Scott.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Leek, England
This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.
Buxton, England
This beautiful "lagoon" is actually a toxic soup filled with cars, carcasses, and trash. When warnings couldn't stop people from going for a dip, the town dyed it black.
East Sussex, England
England's most notorious suicide spot.