Anstruther, Scotland
Anstruther Model Solar System
Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.
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Anstruther, Scotland
Bronze plates placed around this Scottish fishing village form a true-scale model of the solar system.
Swansea, Wales
Quirky Welsh observatory unites art and science.
Tattershall, England
An engraved stone in a village church claims to be the grave of a minuscule folk legend.
Oxford, England
This 11th century tower is said to be the oldest building in Oxford.
Kielder, England
England's "pier at the end of the universe" unites astronomy and contemporary architecture.
Wheatley, England
Over 100 years ago this pyramidal holding cell was reserved for rowdy drunks but now only offers five minute sentences.
Kingsbridge, England
Take a sea tractor to the Art Deco hotel on the island that inspired Agatha Christie.
Saint Helens, England
Giant statue of a disembodied head.
Sheffield, England
One of the last doorless, continuously moving elevators still in use in the U.K.
Brampton Bierlow, England
A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.
Rothesay, Scotland
A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.
Blantyre, Scotland
These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.
Fraserburgh, Scotland
An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.
Oxford, England
Hidden in plain sight, this creepy sculpture watches from above.
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.
Ravenglass, England
These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.
Mansfield, England
An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.
Trevor, Wales
The longest and tallest aqueduct in Britain can actually be sailed across.
Maidstone, England
This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Melrose, Scotland
The heart of a Scottish legend had a centuries-long journey before reaching its final resting place.
Northchurch, England
"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."
London, England
It is against the law to obstruct the view from the top of this English burial mound.
Aberdeen, Scotland
Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.