Grasmere, England
Dove Cottage
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
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Grasmere, England
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Borrowdale, England
A 2,000-ton rock resting in a state of a delicate balance.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Hartlepool, England
The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.
Goathland, England
Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.
Whitby, England
These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
Robin Hood's Bay, England
This plaque commemorates an amazing 19th-century sea rescue.
Robin Hood's Bay, England
This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.
Hull, England
The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.
Harrogate, England
Astonishing rock formations dot the Brimham Moor landscape.
England
The view from this giant Stone Age toad is unexpectedly beautiful.
Hope Valley, England
This petite cutlery factory sits on the foundations of a defunct gasworks.
Derbyshire, England
This iconic Peak District ridge was once one of the busiest roads in medieval Britain.
Glossop, England
The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.
Bamford, England
This chain of artificial lakes was an ideal test ground for the aircraft that would carry the "bouncing bombs" used by the WWII "Dambusters" squad.
Hope Valley, England
The heroic tale of a remarkable pup who refused to leave her master's side, no matter what.
Chesterfield, England
The whimsical twist of this spire was either caused by the Devil, an unexpected virgin, or lead.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
Cannock, England
Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.
Burton-on-Trent, England
The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.
Alton, England
A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.
Corning, New York
Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.