Bath, England
Herschel Museum of Astronomy
Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
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Bath, England
Eighteenth-century home, where Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
Isle of North Uist, Scotland
The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.
Salisbury, England
The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
What happened to the three lighthouse keepers who vanished from this place remains a mystery over a century later.
Portsmouth, England
Hauled from the water's depths, Henry VIII's flagship is preserved in this capsule-shaped museum.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Shanklin, England
This stream-carved gorge has inspired poets, hidden smugglers, and trained soldiers, all without losing its beauty.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Blackpool, England
This sculpture is an instrument played by the swell of the seas.
Newton Abbot, England
Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.
Invergordon, Scotland
Where the sleeping monsters of Scotland's oil industry are left to rust.
Bridgnorth, England
This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.
Margate, England
Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Ely, England
A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.
Stromness, Scotland
Thanks to both terrific preservation and historic vandalism this ancient site is known as the "Heart of Neolithic Orkney."
Kelvedon Hatch, England
The biggest and deepest Cold War bunker open to the public can be found in southeast England.
Crawick, Scotland
Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.
Suffolk, England
A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.
Hereford, England
The largest known medieval map of the world.
Comrie, Scotland
Built to hold the worst of the worst of the Nazi war prisoners.
Carloway, Scotland
A magnificent, iconic stone tower in the Scottish Highlands.
London, England
A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.