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eXtraTerrEstrialFeliNe

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I am but a tourist in this place...Slowly discovering who I actually am..one painting at a time.

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Rope making equipment in the cave mouth, looking out.

Castleton, England

Peak Cavern's Rope Factory

Some of England's last cave dwellers lived and worked within this huge cave.

Ravenglass Roman Bath House

Ravenglass, England

Ravenglass Roman Bath House

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

Look down.

Wigan, England

Wigan Roman Bathhouse

A reconstructed section of a Roman bathhouse sits next to an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

Sifters Record Shop

Manchester, England

Sifters Record Shop

This small record store was a favorite of Oasis's Noel and Liam Gallagher, who mentioned it in one of their early songs.

Catcliffe Glass Cone

Catcliffe, England

Catcliffe Glass Cone

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

It moves!

Stretford, England

The Barton Swing Aqueduct

A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.

Whiston Manorial Barn

Whiston, England

Whiston Manorial Barn

In England, a barn-turned-wedding venue dates back to the 13th century.

Entrance to the dock museum

Barrow-in-Furness, England

Dock Museum

A modern museum built within a Victorian dry dock charts the history of the industrial town.

The memorial marker is alongside the Derwent Dam.

Hope Valley, England

Memorial to Tip the Faithful Sheepdog

The heroic tale of a remarkable pup who refused to leave her master's side, no matter what.

Tower of Light

Manchester, England

Tower of Light

When the city of Manchester built a new centralized heating network, they did it with style.

The dome is somewhat precarious, but has hung on.

Manchester, England

Godlee Observatory

Despite having a dome made of papier-mâché this tiny observatory has survived for over a century.

Lark Hill Place.

Salford, England

Lark Hill Place

This dreamy street will transport you to wintertime in Victorian England.

The entry portal

Cumbria, England

Sunkenkirk

One of the best-preserved, yet least visited stone circle sites in Cumbria.

Royal Exchange Theatre

Manchester, England

The Great Hall within the Royal Exchange

Once called "the biggest room in the world," this Victorian-era hall is so large that it contains a smaller 1970s heptagonal theatre.

The Bard is represented on the sign.

Manchester, England

The Shakespeare

This haunted 17th-century pub was moved to a new city when it was already almost 300 years old.

Hanging Ditch Bridge

Manchester, England

Hanging Ditch Bridge

The construction of this bridge dates back to the 15th century.

Looks can be deceiving.

Manchester, England

The Washhouse

This Manchester laundromat is hiding something.

Chetham's Library

Manchester, England

Chetham's Library

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

The bridge chapel at Rotherham.

Rotherham, England

The Chapel of Our Lady

This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.

St. Michael's Flags and Angel Meadow Park

Manchester, England

St. Michael's Flags and Angel Meadow Park

Contrary to its heavenly name, this tranquil oasis has a dark and tragic history buried with it (quite literally).

Hardknott Roman Fort

Holmrook, England

Hardknott Roman Fort

One of the highest Roman forts in Britain is set amid dramatic scenery on a notoriously difficult road.

The dragon ominously looking over the land.

Deepcar, England

The Dragon of Wantley

A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.

The abbey today.

Barrow-in-Furness, England

Furness Abbey

What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.

Cragside

Morpeth, England

Cragside

This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.

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