Leadhills, Scotland
Glengonnar Halt Station
The highest station on the highest adhesion railway in the British Isles.
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Leadhills, Scotland
The highest station on the highest adhesion railway in the British Isles.
Port Melbourne, Australia
A pair of beacons from the 1920s guide ships steering a course to Melbourne.
Glasgow, Scotland
The pub has been in operation since 1819 on the banks of the Clyde.
Tintagel, England
Before construction of the famous Tintagel Castle, this site in Cornwall was likely a prosperous Dark Age trading port.
Dalkeith, Scotland
This building has been a courtroom, a prison, and the location of the last public hanging in Dalkeith.
South Shields, England
Eat fish and chips in a striking Neoclassical building that once hid a public lavatory.
Sunderland, England
A tribute to the city's rich history of shipbuilding.
Spanish Battery, England
A collection of maritime artifacts from the world's first volunteer life brigade.
Tynemouth, England
Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.
Jarrow, England
A bronze sculpture immortalizes a historic 1936, 26-day-long march for economic relief.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This former burial ground, built atop discarded ballast from cargo ships, is now a public park.
London, England
An extraordinary collection of artifacts spanning 500 years of medical history.
Johnshaven, Scotland
An 18th-century industrial site, repurposed in WWII, along the wild North Sea coast.
Dunfermline, Scotland
A hidden tunnel leads to a medieval queen's shrine buried beneath a parking lot.
Scotland
Did a Halloween gathering at this site kick off Scotland’s witch trials?
Millport, Scotland
The narrowest house in the U.K.
Lockerbie, Scotland
A remembrance of the local Scottish victims of the Lockerbie Bombing Incident in the now-restored neighborhood.
Fremantle, Australia
One of the world’s oldest surviving convict prisons, once the scene of daring escapes and riots.
Liverpool, England
One of the largest objects salvaged from the famous sunken passenger ship.
Seton Mains, Scotland
The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.
Prestonpans, Scotland
A monument honoring 81 residents of this Scottish town who were executed for witchcraft in the 16th century.
Prestonpans, Scotland
There's more to this drinking establishment than meets the eye.
London, England
Art under your feet honors the history of a working-class London neighborhood.
Glastonbury, England
An ancient well nestled at the foot of Glastonbury Tor, shrouded in Arthurian legend and revered for its purported healing waters.