Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Thomas Bewick Bust
This sculpture commemorates a naturalist and an illustrator whose work was a forerunner to modern field guides.
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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.
Gateshead, England
The largest timber structure in Europe.
London, England
Look up from the busy streets to discover how time is kept!
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
Chelsea's soldiers were given strict orders when crossing this historic bridge.
London, England
Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.
London, England
A tiny replica of the iconic London landmark hides on the side of the steel structure.
London, England
The first regular high-definition TV transmissions were made from this seemingly out-of-place mast located on one corner of a Victorian-era entertainment venue.
Dulverton, England
This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.
Glasgow, Scotland
Inside this art museum resides one of Glasgow's most famous musical instruments.
Glasgow, Scotland
An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.
Banavie, Scotland
The longest staircase lock in Britain.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Bletchley, England
Museum celebrating the history of computers, especially their role in codebreaking.
Milton Keynes, England
Home to Alan Turing, the cracking of the Enigma code, and Captain Ridley's shooting party.
Innsbruck, Austria
Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.
Chipping Norton, England
This trio of neolithic stone monuments are fabled to be a king and his knights that were petrified by a witch.
Oxford, England
A less famous, short-lived meeting spot of the Inklings.
Oxford, England
Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.
Oxford, England
This slice of 1960s Danish modernism does not conform to the Oxford college stereotypes.
Avebury, England
The largest stone circle in the world has ended up bringing up more questions than it has answered.
Devon, England
An allegorical statue of a giant pregnant woman representing justice and truth.