Birmingham, England
Blakesley Hall
Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.
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Birmingham, England
Some wattle-and-daub, a Moorish mural, a glacial erratic, and a Giant named Gilbert.
Dudley, England
This pub can leave even the sober feeling slightly unsteady.
Burton-on-Trent, England
The site of one of the largest non-nuclear explosions in history, created when a massive bomb dump accidentally exploded.
Birmingham, England
A gigantic mechanical bull rages over unsuspecting passengers at Birmingham’s central station.
Birmingham, England
The largest public library in the United Kingdom was designed to reflect the industrial and artistic history of the city where it stands.
Birmingham, England
This eye-catching roundabout sculpture commemorates one of England's best World War II-era "shadow factories."
Alrewas, England
In an arboretum with hundreds of memorials to the fallen, this one might be the most poignant.
Burton-on-Trent, England
A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.
Cannock, England
Austrian and Germans who died on British soil during World War I and II are buried here.
Staffordshire, England
Parts of this former military training ground may have inspired parts of J.R.R. Tolkien's famous fantasy series.
Lichfield, England
This small square basin behind a quiet church was once a popular medieval pilgrimage site.
Lichfield, England
These medieval carvings bear scars left by Parliamentarian troops during the English Civil War.
Lichfield, England
The house where Charles Darwin's grandfather formed many of his influential ideas and inventions.
Lichfield, England
This controversial memorial to the Titanic's captain stands in a peculiar place.
Brownhills, England
A giant gleaming memorial named for a coal miner who gave his life to the pits.