Inverkeithing, Scotland
Forth Bridge
A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.
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Inverkeithing, Scotland
A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.
Foxton, England
The longest and steepest staircase locks in the United Kingdom.
Derbyshire, England
This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.
Eyam, England
One of the U.K's earliest public water supplies is within the "plague village."
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Hope Valley, England
There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillsideĀ and no one is quite sure how it got there.
Buxton, England
A historic Georgian building and warm springs.
Buxton, England
Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.
Buxton, England
This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.
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.
Derby, England
6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.
Matlock Bath, England
This precipitous pathway with its wrought iron handrail was created by the Victorians as a tourist attraction.
Town End, England
A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.
Crich, England
This poignant WWI memorial looks like a lighthouse 100 miles from the sea.
Wirksworth, England
This unique medieval court deals solely with the lead mining laws in two small areas of Derbyshire.
Cromford, England
The world's first successful water-powered cotton mill paved the way for the factories of the British Industrial Revolution.
Matlock Bath, England
This historic textile mill has been repurposed as a shopping outlet, which houses a textile museum that celebrates its industrial past.
Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Stanton Lees, England
This tower was constructed to commemorate the man who helped bring true democracy to the United Kingdom.
Stanton Lees, England
Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.
Bakewell, England
Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.
Alrewas, England
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
Burton-on-Trent, England
A long-overdue monument to theĀ forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.
Derby, England
The longest stone bridge in England has an impressive history that dates back over 700 years.