Keld, England
Crackpot Hall
The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.
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Keld, England
The dramatic remains of an abandoned farmhouse sit high on the edge of a remote hillside.
Smardale, England
A spectacular disused railway viaduct in a beautiful countryside nature reserve.
Barnard Castle, England
This Victorian footbridge over the River Tees was originally built to carry water from the high moorland to the industrial towns on the coast.
Whitby, England
These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Llanymynech, England
A small village in two different countries.
Wakefield, England
Though much of the castle was robbed of its stones, the underlying earthworks are among the best-preserved in England.
Wakefield, England
A tiny chapel perched along a 14th-century bridge.
Leeds, England
One of three sites in England that house the National Collection of Arms and Armour.
Leeds, England
The largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe.
Grasmere, England
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Haslingden, England
At night, the enormous sculpture looks like a UFO hovering above the English hills.
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Morpeth, England
This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.
Alnwick, England
This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Alnwick, England
This iconic 1,000-year-old medieval castle is a favorite of the film industry, most notably as the location for Hogwarts in Harry Potter.
Harrogate, England
A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Birmingham, England
This ingenious engineering solution was built to stop the "theft" of canal water.
Birmingham, England
This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Warwick, England
A great example of the inventive canal bridges that were deliberately split down the middle.
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
South Harting, England
This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."