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Once part of a living village, these buildings now house exhibits showcasing historical aspects of life in Ireland.

The ruins of this 19th-century Scottish Baronial mansion reflect the architectural heritage and history of Scotland's aristocracy.

This sanitized yet surreal depiction of a Greek fertility god looks over a square in one of central London’s residential areas.

This statue in Holland Park might be one of London’s oldest outdoor statues, but its exact origins are unknown.

This is London's smallest listed building.

This unassuming brick building contains the last purpose-built drill hall in the United Kingdom.

A vintage media store and safe haven for cinema buffs who love 16mm films shown on vintage projectors.

How did a fuel storage container become one of the most famous sights in the sporting world of cricket?

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

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.

These Neolithic burial mounds and a still-intact passage tomb may have solar calendar significance on the spring and autumn equinoxes.

Despite the name, this 16th-century structure in Galway wasn't built by the Spanish.

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.

This decaying, grandiose tweed mill once housed the Norwegian Army in exile.

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

This ruins of an abandoned Victorian-era mental health facility.

These storage facilities offer a behind-the-scenes look at some of Edinburgh's biggest museums.

The oldest subscription library in Britain was started by lead miners in southwest Scotland.

Street names don't get more "late capitalism" than this.

A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.

A storied London perfume shop that supplies scents for royalty has been operating out of this storefront for nearly 300 years.

Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.

The bust of a 15th-century Albanian leader in the middle of London.

This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.