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The Great Siege Tunnels

Gibraltar

The Great Siege Tunnels

Engineering ingenuity during the battle of Gibraltar.

Iguanodon. The horns on the nose are actually thumbs. (Wikimedia Commons)

London, England

Crystal Palace Dinosaurs

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

Ruins of the Crystal Palace

London, England

Ruins of the Crystal Palace

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

The station entrance/exit on Surrey Street.

London, England

Aldwych Tube Station

This Underground station has been a popular filming location for decades, even before it closed.

The transmitter mast with a cherry tree in the foreground.

London, England

Alexandra Palace Transmitter Mast

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.

Highgate Cemetery

London, England

Highgate Cemetery

London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.

East Finchley  Tube Station & the Archer

London, England

East Finchley Tube Station & the Archer

The Underground railway station and its Cubist/Art Deco statue are so evocative of 1920s/30s London that one almost expects to see Poirot on the stairs.

Phaistos Disc

Heraklion, Greece

Phaistos Disc

This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.

The ruins of Knossos.

Heraklion, Greece

Knossos

A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.

Chasing a Double Glucester cheese

Gloucester, England

Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

The William Morris Room in Broadway Tower

Broadway, England

Broadway Tower and Nuclear Bunker

A petite castle folly in the English countryside.

Katherine Parr's Tomb

Winchcombe, England

Sudeley Castle and St Mary's Church

A ruined castle revived by a glove magnate, home to countless tales of bad luck, romance, and war.

West Pier

Brighton, England

West Pier

The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.

Battersea Power Staion

London, England

Battersea Power Station

Pop culture has helped to keep this iconic British building from being destroyed.

Clifton Rocks Railway

Bristol, England

Clifton Rocks Railway

The abandoned funicular tunnel was a secret base for the BBC during World War II.

Bridgnorth Cliff Railway.

Bridgnorth, England

Bridgnorth Cliff Railway

This charming railway is one of the oldest and steepest funiculars in England.

Well table.

Avebury, England

The Red Lion

The only pub in the world surrounded by an ancient stone circle.

(Flickr/Ethelred the Unusual)

Charmouth, England

Charmouth Beach

Cliffs full of fossils at the portal to England's Jurassic Coast.

The flood swept through town, killing several people and destroying buildings and bridges.

Devon, England

Lynmouth Flood Memorial Hall

A massive flood devastated this seaside town, causing many to speculate about whether the government had figured out how to influence the weather.

The Mermaid Inn.

Rye, England

The Mermaid Inn

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

The Neptune Fountain in the Promenade, from the front

Cheltenham, England

Neptune Fountain

Believed to be inspired by the Trevi Fountain in Rome.

The Doughnut

Cheltenham, England

The Doughnut

Britain's answer to the NSA is based out of this deliciously-named circular headquarters.

Offa's Dyke, near Knill, Herefordshire, looking west

Knighton, England

Offa's Dyke

Britain’s longest ancient monument, this great 8th century earthwork was built to mark the boundary between what would become England and Wales.

A parking lot on top of the medieval walls.

Southampton, England

Southampton Walls

A half-mile-long stretch of medieval forts built after a devastating pirate attack persists amid the modern port city.

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