Places IanFry Wants to Go

This building was once the local office of White Star Line, the company that employed the crew on the Titanic when it sank.

A rare full-sized statue of one of Britain's famous writers.

Standing at the site of his former school, this sculpture celebrates Darwin's groundbreaking contributions to science and his deep connection to his birthplace.

The largest Victorian water tower in Britain.

A rare World War II-era siren still survives in the southern suburbs of Manchester.

This pedestrian footbridge honors Pero Jones, an enslaved African who lived in Bristol.

Almost too short to be an actual street, this stretch of road maintains a unique moniker.

Dating back to the early 12th century, this is the first Augustinian priory established in England.

This massive metal scallop is a tribute to an English composer who once walked across this beach.

London’s first road overpass is so old that it was originally built for horse-drawn carriages.

In 1999, a new equine figure was cut into this English hillside near the site where an older white horse had previously appeared.

A monument at the site of a decisive battle in the First English Civil War.

A 160-year-old tower built in honor of a scholar who was burned at the stake for translating the Bible.

The world’s oldest boat lift is also known in the United Kingdom as the "Cathedral of the Canals" and one of the "Seven Wonders of the Waterways."

An inverted staircase above the entrance to the Bethnal Green Underground Station functions as a memorial for people who lost their lives during the worst civilian disaster in the U.K. during World War II.

Floating on the Sheffield and Tinsley Canal is a contorted canal boat that honors the waterway’s heritage.

At the center of London’s oldest roundabout stands an obelisk that was erected in 1771, but spent several decades elsewhere.

The oldest working camera obscura in the world sits on the top floor of an old windmill tower.

Some of the last remaining relics of one of World War II's most important invasions.

This figure was cut into the hillside in 1937 to commemorate the coronation of King George VI.

A powerful statue sits on Scalestone Point, looking out over Morecambe Bay.

This bare, bronze lad in a lone sock sits in the middle of Loughborough’s town center.

A collection of historic buildings in central Birmingham blend seamlessly into the cityscape but have an interesting story to tell.

Despite its ornamental looks, this towering Tuscan-inspired anomaly was a masterpiece in hydraulic engineering.