Stockport, England
The Garden House
This delightful hidden farm is home to Victorian ruins and a wonderful menagerie of animals.
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Stockport, England
This delightful hidden farm is home to Victorian ruins and a wonderful menagerie of animals.
Halifax, England
This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).
Baildon, England
This quaint funicular has been ferrying people up and down an English valley since the Victorian era.
Birstall, England
A museum in the form of Elizabethan house dressed as its 17th century iteration was used as sets for the 2009 Wuthering Heights TV series and as the home of the leader of the Gupowder Plot.
Barnard Castle, England
This building was once a town hall, a fire station, a prison, a dairy market, and the target for two marksmen.
Forest-in-Teesdale, England
These remarkable cascades are the jewels of Upper Tees.
Tynemouth, England
Royal burial place of the kings of ancient Britain.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Henshaw, England
Also known as “Robin Hood’s tree,” it became a famed location along Hadrian's Wall before it was cut down.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Bristol, England
An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.
Hereford, England
This iconic Tudor home-turned-museum offers a unique glimpse into the everyday life of a prosperous family during the early modern period.
Hereford, England
The largest known medieval map of the world.
Caernarfon, Wales
The highest peak in Wales is said to be the final resting place of a giant killed by King Arthur.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Bangor, Wales
A slice through the original, iconic, rail bridge across the Menai Straights.
Conwy, Wales
One of the oldest suspension bridges in the world blends in perfectly with a medieval castle.
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Llandudno, Wales
One of the few surviving street funiculars in the world.
Llandudno, Wales
In a resort town where the real Alice spent her summer holidays, iconic characters create a curious trail.
Abergele, Wales
After years of slow decline, a derelict Gothic castle is now being restored to life.
Rhyl, Wales
Britain's oldest miniature railway.
Chester, England
Mysteriously stacked storefront paths give this medieval British town an iconic style like none other.
Chester, England
The western face was supposedly left clock-less to snub the Welsh.