Whitby, England
199 Steps Coffin Benches
These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.
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Whitby, England
These planks were originally installed to hold the dead.
Whitby, England
These 20-foot jaw bones honor a time when the leviathan bones were a sign that whalers survived the hunt.
Manchester, England
This massive memorial commemorates those who died in the Manchester Arena bombing.
Cumbria, England
This tower was created by the area's vicar as a shelter for exhausted travelers, complete with a fireplace and breathtaking views.
Grange-over-Sands, England
Abandoned for over 20 years, this Art Deco seaside swimming pool is a magnificent waste.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Manchester, England
The city of Manchester quietly unveiled this tribute to a 19th-century massacre.
Todmorden, England
Helped by a surprise posthumous donation this small town toy museum features over 5,000 vintage playthings.
Manchester, England
This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.
Manchester, England
A tiny, heartwarming piece of art hiding in plain sight.
Moulton, England
Every July, men dressed as giant crows dance around a scarecrow who comes to life.
Halifax, England
This Georgian architectural masterpiece is the only cloth hall left in Britain.
Halifax, England
A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.
Glasgow, Scotland
A 200-year-old collection of oddities and medical paraphernalia.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Glasgow, Scotland
Displaced highlanders would take shelter from the wet Scottish climate under the large walled bridge at Glasgow Central Station.
Glasgow, Scotland
An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.
Glasgow, Scotland
Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.
London, England
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
Dalmally, Scotland
Overlooking a Scottish loch, this beautifully crumbling castle once inspired a poem by William Wordsworth.
Rhayader, Wales
A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Leeds, England
The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.