Bristol, England
The Observatory & Camera Obscura
The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.
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Bristol, England
The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.
Weston-super-Mare, England
The world's largest museum devoted solely to the whirlybird comes complete with its own chopper graveyard.
Bridgwater, England
The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.
London, England
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
London, England
London's most popular recording studio, located in the capital's East End, runs partly on solar power and has played host to some of the world's biggest acts.
London, England
The taxidermied remains of a once-great parrot.
London, England
A famous burial ground with a history both grim and literary.
London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
London, England
The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.
London, England
Claiming to be the oldest hat store in the world, this historic haberdashery had a hand (and a head) in the creation of the Bowler.
London, England
The anatomical-pathological collection of a man who changed surgery.
London, England
This medieval church tower has maintained its clockworks since the 16th century.
London, England
The secret wartime bunker built on the platforms of an abandoned Tube station.
London, England
On a wall in linear London, a plaque hangs at the high water mark of one of the worst floods in fictional Kcymaerxthaereal times.
London, England
Traveling collection of amazing automata.
London, England
Children's hospital in London that operates on royalties received from Peter Pan, which J.M. Barrie signed over in 1929.
Alderwasley, England
This 2,000-year-old tree inspired the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby."
London, England
A monument to the thrice mayor of London who according to lore made his fortune by selling his rat-chasing cat.
Burton-on-Trent, England
A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.
Coventry, England
For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.
Watford, England
Flying high, this unusual hornet statue celebrates the local soccer team formerly owned by Elton John.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Trethevy, England
A unique waterfall that some believe attracts the fairfolk.