Nether Kellet, England
Dunald Mill Limestone Quarry
This abandoned limestone quarry now provides visitors with multiple, breathtaking viewpoints.
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Nether Kellet, England
This abandoned limestone quarry now provides visitors with multiple, breathtaking viewpoints.
Wentworth, England
This folly built to commemorate an aristocratic victory over Catholic rebellion plays tricks on the eye.
Monkwearmouth, England
This tribute to Sunderland's mining past stands outside the home of its football club.
Blythburgh, England
A legendary ghostly hound supposedly left dark marks on a place of worship.
Southwell, England
In the U.K., a historic workhouse shines a light on the early, harsh treatment of the poor.
Telford, England
This whimsical, unique clock has been entertaining shoppers for well over 20 years.
Oxford, England
Site of the first hot air balloon flight conducted by the first English balloonist.
Southport, England
The second-longest pier in the U.K. stretches a whole kilometer into the Irish Sea.
Rutland, England
A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.
Chester, England
The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.
Essex, England
This wooden effigy believed to be King Charles I hung for centuries outside an inn and was mistaken for a deity.
Bournemouth, England
A museum based on the collection of a Victorian family. Housed in a remaining Victorian villa.
Bristol, England
A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.
Warwickshire, England
The longest canal aqueduct in England was built without a plan to get water past the moving boats.
Starcross, England
Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the great Victorian engineers, was the driving force behind the short-lived atmospheric railway.
Baginton, England
This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.
Sheffield, England
A collection of throne-inspired sculptures dot the landscape of Wincobank.
Buxton, England
A historic Georgian building and warm springs.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Over a decade ago, painted penguins mysteriously appeared around Berwick-upon-Tweed for no apparent reason.
Willen, England
The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.
Nottingham, England
The English Civil War began right here in 1642.
Hemingford Grey, England
This 12th-century house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain.
Scarborough, England
80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.
Whitby, England
The recreated ruins of a house designed to memorialize a World War I shelling on the town.