Barnard Castle, England
The Silver Swan
A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
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Barnard Castle, England
A perfectly running 230-year-old silver automaton and music box.
Kilpeck, England
Beasts and branches swirl in sandstone carvings, interrupted by one strange creature.
Oxford, England
Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.
Manchester, England
A 19th-century time capsule of travel, fiction, and historic texts still available to the public.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Possibly the world's smallest museum is home to one exhibit that sheds light on the capital city's dark criminal history.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Neon artworks light up this dark Edinburgh tunnel.
Mansfield, England
An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.
Glastonbury, England
A dark Victorian well house now plays host to mystical waters and pagan shrines.
Waterloo, England
A hundred copies of Antony Gormley's naked body stare out across the water.
Bristol, England
The Bristol Camera Obscura housed in an ancient windmill.
Alnwick, England
This restaurant was removed from the famed sister ship of the Titanic and placed within a hotel.
Penzance, England
Perhaps the only prehistoric monument with its very own public bus stop.
York, England
Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.
Maidstone, England
This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.
Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Overlooking the burial ground is a tower designed to prevent thieves from snatching the recently deceased.
Bakewell, England
Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.
Oxford, England
A 26-foot shark sculpture—a statement about bombs—set off a municipal battle royale.
Crosstown, England
This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Claines, England
This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.
Glastonbury, England
In the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey lies the alleged resting place of the legendary king.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A pair of stones embedded in an Edinburgh street memorialize one of the city's last public hangings.