Buxton, England
The Crescent
A historic Georgian building and warm springs.
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Buxton, England
A historic Georgian building and warm springs.
Buxton, England
Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.
Cannock, England
Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Stansted, England
Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience.
Gateshead, England
Huge winged monument in the United Kingdom.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Vientiane, Laos
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Birmingham, England
This ornate English estates "Prodigy House" still bears the cannonball marks of civil war.
London, England
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
London, England
A quiet, semi-secret square with statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Virginia Woolf, and a conscientious objectors stone.
London, England
Originally built for London’s cab drivers, this bright green hut now serves anyone a hot drink or meal.
London, England
The Art Deco artwork depicts gilded carriers of deadly illnesses.
London, England
This intriguing Bronze Age artifact spent centuries hidden within a Welsh faerie hill.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
A gruesome and mysterious ancient sculpture of a pagan deity from the Roman occupation of Celtic Britain.
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
London, England
This magnificently macabre shield shows the power of chivalrous love in medieval times.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
London, England
A wonderfully eclectic Victorian aquarium lies in the basement of the Horniman Museum.