London, England
'The World Turned Upside Down'
Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.
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London, England
Soon after its unveiling, this giant inverted globe sparked controversy and was vandalized.
London, England
A monolithic monument in Greater London.
North Nibley, England
A 160-year-old tower built in honor of a scholar who was burned at the stake for translating the Bible.
Glossop, England
The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.
Leeds, England
The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.
Faringdon, England
The eccentricities of a former lord include painted pigeons of his manor house, a series of pointless plaques, and a folly built simply to peeve the public.
Stoke Row, England
A well for a well, this anachronistically Indian-styled water pit was built in its small town home in gratitude for a similar favor.
London, England
A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.
Heckington, England
The last working windmill in the U.K. that has eight sails.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Hope Valley, England
There's a strange stone hoodoo towering atop a wooded hillside and no one is quite sure how it got there.
Cheddar, England
Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.
England
A prehistoric limestone cave entered through a spectacular natural rock arch.
Ashbourne, England
These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.
England
This cave is the burial site of at least seven people and was occupied for over a thousand years.
England
This viaduct was based on designs by Gustafe Eiffel
Retford, England
One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.
Langrick, England
A working farm turned into a museum dedicated to the world's most unbelievably tiny cars.
Rutland, England
A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.
Wothorpe, England
The ruins of a 17th-century lodge on a grand estate are being slowly restored to their former glory.
Normanton, England
The sanctuary seems to either float atop the water or sink into the dirt, depending on the water level.
Kelmarsh, England
its a 480 Meter tunnel on a public bridal way which is currently unlit so take a torch even in the day
Rushton, England
An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.