Burnley, England
Oaks Hotel Stained Glass Window
This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.
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Burnley, England
This window celebrates the role of tea, coffee, cocoa, and cotton in creating the fortune of the man who commissioned it.
Newchurch-in-Pendle, England
This mysterious eye has a debated purpose.
Newchurch-in-Pendle, England
At this snack-shack in the bucolic British countryside, you can still get a slice of socialism with your spot of tea.
Roughlee, England
This witch statue remembers a time in England's history when fear trumped truth.
Sawley, England
The last two abbots of this monastery were both executed by Henry VIII.
Lancashire, England
A steam-powered survivor in the Forest of Bowland.
Penrith, England
A series of idealized caves carved to entertain guests.
Brougham, England
A memorial overlooking a busy roadway is linked with the story of a 17th-century noblewoman’s legal battle for her inheritance.
Penrith, England
It may not be the final resting place of a literal giant, but the Giant’s Grave is still archaeologically important.
Keswick, England
This unusual sculpture is sometimes partially, sometimes fully, submerged.
Elterwater, England
The sculptural remains of the last home of a legendary Dada artist.
Atherton, England
A Victorian gravestone has a carving of a safety device invented in the 1860s that is still saving lives today.
Hermitage, Scotland
This castle resides in a valley known for immense bloodshed during the Middle Ages.
Boroughbridge, England
At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.
Lancashire, England
Oliver Cromwell marched his army over this narrow bridge to victory at the Battle of Preston in 1648.
Pickering, England
Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.
Malton, England
WWII artifacts, including the building itself.
Malton, England
This small figurine of a bear tells us a lot about the value of jewels and funerary practices in Roman Britannia.
Malton, England
A deserted medieval village where bodies were once mutilated to prevent them rising from the dead.
Eastriggs, Scotland
The Devil’s Porridge tells the story of HM Factory Gretna and the munitions girls who mixed deadly chemicals.
Dumfries, Scotland
The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.
Port Logan, Scotland
The oldest natural aquarium in the United Kingdom.
Sandhead, Scotland
Dating back to the 500s, these stones include some of the oldest Christian memorials in Scotland.
Mochrum, Scotland
Carved between 3500 and 1000 B.C., the distinctive carvings at this site are poorly understood.