Birmingham, England
Blakesley Hall
Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.
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Birmingham, England
Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.
Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Whitby, England
This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.
Woolfardisworthy, England
The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.
Goathland, England
Harry Potter’s Hogsmeade Station is also a charming blast from the past situated in North Yorkshire.
Barnsley, England
These medieval monastery ruins are surprisingly overlooked by most tourists.
St Albans, England
These ruins of Francis Bacon's once-magnificent manor are hidden in the English countryside.
Newark-on-Trent, England
This English medieval castle is where King John died of dysentery.
London, England
The medieval woodcut-style artwork chronicles life in medieval London.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Birmingham, England
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
London, England
Banksy gives themself artistic license with this piece of London street art.
Medway, England
This abandoned gun tower was built to defend the River Thames from a French naval attack.
Thorpeness, England
Unusual British home built to disguise a water tower.
Solihull, England
This medieval manor house was equipped with secret compartments for hiding priests.
Coventry, England
The bombed out remains of the old church were kept intact next to the new one, as a reminder of the futility of war.
Ballygalley, Northern Ireland
The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.
Coventry, England
A preserved block of timber buildings from the city's industrial era in the Middle Ages.
Bramhope, England
This Gothic castle-like portal is a testament to the amazing craftsmanship of the navvies who built the railway tunnel.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.
Nottingham, England
A striking 500-year-old mansion provides an unexpectedly sublime home for live deer and a menagerie of exotic stuffed animals.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
London, England
A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.