Anstruther, Scotland
Isle of May Beacon
This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.
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Anstruther, Scotland
This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
One man spent 10 years building a spectacular section of road because no one else would.
Blaenau Gwent, Wales
A memorial to the British politician who spearheaded the National Health Service.
Barnsley, England
This tribute to a beloved cricket umpire is a magnet for risqué pranksters.
Tintagel, England
A whimsical cottage from the 1300s with a preserved Victorian-era post office inside.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Crail, Scotland
Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.
Aviemore, Scotland
Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.
London, England
An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.
Gloucester, England
Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.
Aviemore, Scotland
Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.
Hallsands, England
The abandoned fishing village was swept right into the sea.
London, England
A historic hill of tall tales, with one rather special tree.
Isle of Islay, Scotland
This 1,300-year-old marker is one of the finest and most complete early Christian crosses in Scotland.
Mansfield, England
This lonely metal cross may hint at the true location of a medieval showdown between Christian and Pagan kingdoms.
Stanton Lees, England
Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.
Larne, Northern Ireland
This picturesque lighthouse at the edge of the Irish Sea looks like a giant stone pencil.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
London, England
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Hope Valley, England
These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.
Hope Valley, England
Semi-precious Blue John stones have been mined in this cavern system for centuries.
Sheffield, England
One of the last remnants of the Bessemer process that revolutionized steel production during the industrial age.