Ripon, England
Fountains Abbey
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Ripon, England
One of the oldest and certainly best preserved Cistercian abbeys still in existence.
Thirsk, England
The ghosts of Britain's telecommunication past sit rusting away in a small village in England.
Whitby, England
The gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.
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 view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
Whitby, England
The curious and tiny collection contains some very odd objects.
Hope Valley, England
A magnificent winding road through a steep valley, with deep natural caverns at the bottom
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Todmorden, England
A stone obelisk towering over the surrounding countrysides beckons hikers across the rolling moors.
Macclesfield, England
One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.
Manchester, England
A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
London, England
Wedged between two buildings at the Great Ormond Street Hospital is this secret music installation.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
The John Snow Memorial marks the epicenter of London's 1854 cholera epidemic.
London, England
This London plaque marks the spot where David Bowie's famous alien made his debut.
London, England
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
London, England
The childhood home of Earth's alien chameleon is a humble Brixton flat.
London, England
The barrel-made lookout from Shackleton's final ship is tucked away in the crypt of one of London's oldest churches.
London, England
An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.