North Queensferry, Scotland
North Queensferry Harbour Light Tower
One of the world's smallest functioning lighthouse boasts an unexpected connection.
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North Queensferry, Scotland
One of the world's smallest functioning lighthouse boasts an unexpected connection.
London, England
A living lighting fixture.
Lancashire, England
This abandoned Brutalist tower looming over the M6 Motorway once featured a restaurant.
Cumbria, England
This tower was created by the area's vicar as a shelter for exhausted travelers, complete with a fireplace and breathtaking views.
Ashbourne, England
These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.
Nottingham, England
A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.
Nottingham, England
The Birthplace of the Englishman who founded the A.C. Milan football club.
Nottingham, England
A spooky juxtaposition of caves and graves gives this legend-filled cemetery a particularly haunting vibe.
Nottingham, England
This unchanged Victorian park is rumored to have been the inspiration behind Peter Pan's Neverland.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Nottingham, England
These 90-year-old murals of local kings, Vikings, and outlaws hide in plain sight in a beautifully baroque shopping arcade.
Nottingham, England
When it came to designing his own small office building, the eccentric architect wasn't afraid to show the world what he could do.
Nottingham, England
When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.
Nottingham, England
A curious urban windmill once owned by a renowned British mathematical physicist.
Stapleford, England
Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.
Chesterfield, England
A labyrinthine underworld of tunnels and caverns hides beneath the city.
Nottingham, England
There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.
Nottingham, England
The oldest inn in England served brew to the crusaders.
Nottingham, England
The English Civil War began right here in 1642.
Nottingham, England
A 15th-century former coaching inn forms the implausibly grand entrance to a 1980s shopping mall.
West Tanfield, England
This collection of ancient structures makes up part of the largest group of prehistoric earthworks in Britain.
Bedale, England
The only surviving leech house in the United Kingdom was a home for bloodsucking worms until the 1900s.
London, England
A statue honoring a preeminent 19th-century dandy and important figure of men’s fashion.
London, England
This sprawling, Brutalist estate feels like a city within a city.