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The ruined arches of Leicester's Church.

Denbigh, Wales

Leicester's Church

Also known as "Leicester's Folly," this almost cathedral was left unfinished and in ruins.

Ruthin Gaol interior.

Denbigh, Wales

Ruthin Gaol Museum

A look into the life of a Victorian-era prisoner.

Maen Huail

Denbigh, Wales

Maen Huail

Believed to be an execution site used by King Arthur after he was embarrassed.

Roodee Cross

Chester, England

Roodee Cross

A medieval emblem located in the middle of a racetrack.

Minerva's shrine.

Chester, England

Minerva's Shrine

Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.

The Chester shot tower from across the Shropshire Union Canal.

Chester, England

Chester Shot Tower

A 168-foot tower, part of the abandoned Chester Leadworks facility.

The vertical coffin is built into what's left of the arch.

Chester, England

Medieval Coffin of St John's

A rare wooden coffin set vertically into the Gothic arch of an ruined church.

The Chester Rows in an earlier century.

Chester, England

Chester Rows

Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.

Chester Town Hall.

Chester, England

Chester Town Hall Clock Tower

The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.

Cobweb painting, Chester Cathedral

Chester, England

The Cobweb Picture

Chester Cathedral is home to a unique painting crafted on a canvas of cobwebs.

The Chester Imp.

Chester, England

Chester Imp

A mysterious demonic figure peers down from its perch within the gorgeous Chester Cathedral.

The footbridge was used to take prisoners from the City gaol on site of No.1 Upper Northgate Street (qv) to the former Chapel of St John in the south wing of the Bluecoat School.

Chester, England

Bridge Of Sighs

Once the last route taken by condemned prisoners.

One of the bridges

Tarvin, England

Hockenhull Platts

Three stone bridges straddling the River Gowy form part of the medieval road from London to Holyhead—despite a common nickname, they're not Roman.

This plaque is at the former location of the Mitford Castle pub.

London, England

Thomas Briggs’ Plaque

This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

London, England

Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

A historic London cemetery now serves as a nature park incorporating gravestones & memorial statues.

The Blind Beggar

London, England

The Blind Beggar

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

Hooray!

London, England

Whitechapel Fatberg Manhole Cover

It celebrates a very stinky task and salutes London's fatberg-vanquishing team.

The Spirit of Enterprise

Haverhill, England

The Spirit of Enterprise

A large piece of modern art makes this roundabout the only one in the world with its own laser.

Ancient round barrow in an unlikely spot.

Cambridge, England

Fourwentways Bronze Age Cemetery

A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.

The pool at Jesus Green Lido

Cambridge, England

Jesus Green Lido

Cambridge’s century-old outdoor swimming pool is tied for being the longest pool in the United Kingdom, but it is also unusually narrow.

Castle Mound.

Cambridge, England

Castle Mound

This hill is all that remains of Cambridge’s former castle.

Taken at the Cycle of Songs Choir Rehearsal at Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, 4 June 2014.

Cambridge, England

Kettle's Yard

Students can borrow artwork from this gallery to display in their own residences.

Garret Hostel Bridge

Cambridge, England

Garret Hostel Bridge

Named after a lodging site that existed nearby, a bridge has existed at this location since 1455.

Queens' College Moondial

Cambridge, England

Queens' College Moondial

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

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