Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Benwell Roman Temple
This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.
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Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This building played host to some of the most influential minds of the Industrial Revolution and now serves as a reminder of the influence of Northern coalfields.
Sunderland, England
One of England's oldest stone churches and the birthplace of the "father of English history."
Anagni, Italy
The “Sistine Chapel” of the Middle Ages merges 11th-century science and religion in wondrous hues.
Crymych, Wales
The Stonehenge of Wales is one of the grandest neolithic dolmens still in existence.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.
Skipton, England
Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Ripon, England
Although it appears ancient and mysterious, the quirky folly was actually built 200 years ago by an eccentric estate owner.
Ripon, England
Reputedly based on the tomb of Jesus Christ, this crypt is the oldest surviving structure of any cathedral in England.
King's Lynn, England
This captivating Bronze Age timber circle spent centuries concealed by the tides.
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Lancaster, England
The largest cave chamber in Britain—big enough to fit a whole cathedral inside.
Dale Abbey, England
Inspired by a dream, a hermit carved out a home in this sandstone bank to live a life of contemplation and prayer.
Harrogate, England
Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.
Harrogate, England
A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.
Mansfield, England
An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.
Roughlee, England
This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Derby, England
6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.
Avebury, England
The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.
Salisbury, England
The first archaeological site discovered by aerial photography.
Louth, England
A quartet of rusting satellite goliaths are all that remain of a communication network that protected Britain from German and Russian air strikes.