Friskney, England
RAF Wainfleet Control Tower
The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.
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Friskney, England
The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.
Lincoln, England
Inside this chapel, Victorian jailers took the separate system to new levels.
Lincolnshire, England
This former Victorian bathhouse was all the rage during the mid-19th century and put Woodhall on the map.
Lincolnshire, England
This century-old cinema is complete with musical interludes and boasts a rare projection system.
Nettleham, England
An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.
Beverley, England
Marking the ancient boundaries of asylum around Beverley Minster.
Hull, England
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
Hull, England
This long-distance walking route follows the Prime Meridian line as it passes through England.
Wentworth, England
The UK's largest private house was the subject of a long-lasting political dispute.
Cleethorpes, England
The first privately owned air raid shelter in Britain, built after a horrifying night of Zeppelin bombings.
Buxton, England
Once the largest unsupported dome in the world, beating out the Pantheon and St Peters in Rome.
Whatstandwell, England
Its impressive still-working beam engine is a thing of beauty for engineering history fans.
Emley, England
The tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom.
Worksop, England
English Protestants once criticized this enormous private chapel for being too ornate.
Bolsover, England
This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.
Sheffield, England
A tribute to the women who quietly kept the local steelworks alive during both world wars.
Sheffield, England
In this quiet English suburb, giant steel hands and feet dot the landscape.
Sheffield, England
The whimsical steel spider lurking in the shadows of this suspension bridge shows that engineers can have a sense of humor.