Edinburgh, Scotland
Camera Obscura & World of Illusions
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
360° views of the city plus five floors of optical illusions and hands-on science.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Ruined 11th century abbey built by King David I in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Pontypool, Wales
Go deep down into the earth to experience the world of Welsh coal miners.
Wales
This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.
Tongwynlais, Wales
High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.
Blackpool, England
A typographic tribute to the many comedic greats who make Great Britain laugh.
Hale, England
Final resting place of John Middleton "The Childe of Hale."
Bamford, England
This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.
Hope Valley, England
A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom
Bakewell, England
Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.
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.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Newquay, England
An ancient hotspot for spotting schools of fish.
Cleethorpes, England
This tiny business claims to be "the smallest pub on the planet."
London, England
London's only public statue of the much-married monarch adorns the gate to St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
London, England
The London statue that imitates passersby.
London, England
Shiny Brutalist box commemorates a pioneer of electricity and houses a railway transformer.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
An artistic tribute to the famous singer, just around the corner from where he was born.
London, England
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.