Birmingham, England
Newman Brothers Coffin Works
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
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Birmingham, England
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
Birmingham, England
A small alleyway with an unusual moniker.
Birmingham, England
A hidden gem in the middle of the city's infamous Jewelry Quarter.
London, England
This coffee shop lies hidden beneath a historic church.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Birmingham, England
An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Rhayader, Wales
A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Aberystwyth, Wales
A 19th-century funicular railway shuttles visitors up this surprising sea cliff to one of the world's largest camera obscuras.
London, England
On the eve of a condemned prisoner's death, this bell rang 12 times outside their cell.
London, England
"We gonna rock down to Electric Avenue, and then we'll take it higher..."
London, England
A statue of the legendary Celtic warrior queen who fought the Roman invaders stands in one of the cities she once destroyed.
London, England
Spitalfields' regal market goat is said to be a monument to the area's migrant population but most are pretty sure it's just a goat.
London, England
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
London, England
Bronze sculpture celebrating the relationship between Churchill and Roosevelt.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
London, England
Collection dedicated to brands, packaging and advertising.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.