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The Corpus Christi Clock illuminated at dusk

Cambridge, England

Corpus Clock & Chronophage

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

The Toad.

England

Toad's Mouth

The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.

Secret maps of the UK in the Control Room.

North Yorkshire, England

York Cold War Bunker

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

Saltburn Cliff Lift and Pier

Saltburn-by-the-Sea, England

Saltburn Cliff Lift

This beautiful example of Victorian engineering is the oldest water-balanced funicular anywhere in the world.

Oxford Museum of the History of Science

Oxford, England

Oxford Museum of the History of Science

An extraordinary collection of scientific instruments - and Einstein's chalkboard - inside the world's oldest purpose built museum building.

Originally brightly illustrated, the map is now darkened with age.

Hereford, England

Hereford Mappa Mundi

The largest known medieval map of the world.

Hound Tor

Newton Abbot, England

Hound Tor

Legend says these rocks used to be hunting dogs, a story that may have inspired Sherlock Holmes' most famous case.

Dozmary Pool

Launceston, England

Dozmary Pool

Now nearly dry, this lake is said to be the ancient home of the Lady of the Lake, and was once thought to be bottomless.

Alan Turing Memorial

Manchester, England

Alan Turing Memorial

Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.

Vale Street.

Bristol, England

Vale Street

England's steepest street has such a drastic incline that locals tie their parked cars to lampposts when it gets icy.

Burgh Island, the hotel, and the sea tractor.

Kingsbridge, England

Burgh Island

Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.

Principality of Sealand

Suffolk, England

Principality of Sealand

A 550-square-meter micro-nation off the coast of Britain.

Rear of the station

Birmingham, England

Curzon Street Station

This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Oxford, England

Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology

Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.

The Cerne Abbas Giant

Cerne Abbas, England

The Cerne Abbas Giant

Giant naked man on a hillside.

Mad Alice Lane.

York, England

The Snickelways of York

This network of narrow, medieval passages has the most delightful name.

The vaulted ceiling.

Ely, England

Octagon Tower

A remarkable medieval structure born from a 14th-century disaster.

Canterbury Cathedral

Canterbury, England

The Great Cloister and Chapter House of Canterbury Cathedral

One of England's most famous churches hides a pair of little known architectural treasures.

There are 4 miles of winding paths throughout the sculpture

Cramlington, England

Northumberlandia: Lady of the North

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

Crooked House

Canterbury, England

Crooked House

This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.

Harvington Hall

Kidderminster, England

Harvington Hall

Built by the patron saint of illusionists this Elizabethan manor house is riddled with secret cubbies for hiding priests.

The Hand of Glory

Whitby, England

Whitby Museum, Library & Archive

The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.

Chedworth Roman Villa, view from northeast.

Cheltenham, England

Chedworth Roman Villa

Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.

The original entrance to Royston Cave

Royston, England

Royston Cave

Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.

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