Northumberland, England
The Giant Spoon
A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.
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Northumberland, England
A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.
Cramlington, England
A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.
Morpeth, England
This enchanting Victorian estate was home to the world's first hydroelectric power generator.
Northumberland, England
The first museum in the United Kingdom dedicated to this woodwind instrument.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.
Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England
This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.
Morecambe, England
Dedicated to the legendary comedian Eric Morecambe depicting his iconic "Bring Me Sunshine" stance.
Bristol, England
An authentic, seaworthy replica of the ship that sailed to Newfoundland in 1497.
Bristol, England
An alchemical monument that represents "Earth, Air, Fire, and Water."
Bristol, England
A plaque claims this artwork outside a children's hospital was used in the 1998 Quidditch World Cup.
Bristol, England
Banksy's image of a naked man dangling from the window of a sex health clinic.
Bristol, England
A monument dedicated to the unrecognized Black "mother" of modern medicine.
Bristol, England
This pedestrian footbridge honors Pero Jones, an enslaved African who lived in Bristol.
Bristol, England
Perhaps the most obscure, simplistic Banksy installation found in Bristol or in the entire world.
Coventry, England
This ruin in a suburban park may be the place where Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" was first performed.
Lincoln, England
The world's first military tank was designed in this English city amid the stalemate of WWI trench warfare.
Retford, England
One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.
Athens, Greece
This striking sculpture of Icarus honors Greece's fallen flyers.
Athens, Greece
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Athens, Greece
Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.
Seascale, England
The highest peak in all of England is plagued by dangerously fickle climate shifts.
Keswick, England
A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.
Keswick, England
This unusual sculpture is sometimes partially, sometimes fully, submerged.
Borrowdale, England
A 2,000-ton rock resting in a state of a delicate balance.