Leicester, England
National Gas Museum
The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.
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Leicester, England
The world's largest collection of artifacts from our history of industrial gas use is hard to simply pass.
Wareham, England
A popular day's outing in Bovington consists of watching military tank driving practice.
Gilsland, England
In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.
Langrick, England
A working farm turned into a museum dedicated to the world's most unbelievably tiny cars.
Hartlepool, England
The oldest warship in Europe is still afloat.
Weston-super-Mare, England
The world's largest museum devoted solely to the whirlybird comes complete with its own chopper graveyard.
Gillingham, England
The "Heroine of Dunkirk" rescued over 7,000 Allied troops during the historic World War II evacuation.
Royal Leamington Spa, England
Preserved baths in a Victorian-era spa town frequented by the most famous people of its day.
Salford, England
This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.
Bristol, England
One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.
Rhydymwyn, Cymru
Following years of secrecy, the hidden history of a World War II site is being brought to light.
Sheffield, England
This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.
Friskney, England
The control tower at the historic weapons range is now available as a highly unusual vacation rental.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."
Castle Douglas, Scotland
The former seat of power for the Balliol dynasty.
Coventry, England
For over 500 years this timbered alms house has provided a home for elderly residents of Coventry.
Crail, Scotland
Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.
Reading, England
Soak up some local history in this restored Edwardian era swimming pool.
Falkirk, Scotland
This abandoned mausoleum from 1815 sits deep within the forest surrounding Callendar House.
Ilkeston, England
This 1913 single-screen cinema is a charming survivor in the age of the multiplex.
Lee-on-the-Solent, England
A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.
Balcombe, England
This WWII aircraft museum presents its wrecks like taxidermy, complete with recreations of the crash sites.
Manchester, England
This nondescript building hides an entrance to an underground nuclear tunnel system.
Glasgow, Scotland
These rusting, skeletal structures are monolithic monuments to Glasgow's industrial past