Cornhill-on-Tweed, England
The Cement Menagerie
A father's love for his son has weathered the test of time in this whimsical garden of outsider art.
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Cornhill-on-Tweed, England
A father's love for his son has weathered the test of time in this whimsical garden of outsider art.
Alnwick, England
This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.
Alnwick, England
This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
Cramlington, England
A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.
Northumberland, England
A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.
Seaview, England
This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.
Burton-on-Trent, England
The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.
Alton, England
A creepy tree with a local legend that inspired a nearby theme park ride.
Liverpool, England
Six neolithic sandstone boulders remaining from a dolmen.
East Wemyss, Scotland
These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.
Anstruther, Scotland
The ruins of Scottish sea salt production.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.
Airdrie, Scotland
A nuclear bunker built to shelter the politicians and important people of Scotland in case of nuclear attack.
Saint Monans, Scotland
Some cheeky plantings brighten an old slipway on Scotland's Firth of Forth.
Easdale Island, Scotland
Every September, international competitors flock to the flooded quarries of a tiny Scottish island.
Scotland
Legend says a witch conjured the world's third largest whirlpool to protect Scotland from a nasty pirate.
Toberonochy, Scotland
A plaque installed underwater marks the fall of a royal family from an imagined parallel universe—part of a globe-spanning art project.
Santa Luzia, Portugal
Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.
Faro, Portugal
The extravagance of Portugal’s "Pink Palace" resulted in a noble title being awarded to its owner.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.