Totnes, England
Totnes Orange Races
Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.
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Totnes, England
Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.
Retford, England
One of the earliest large-scale "hyper" roofs in the U.K. is now a derelict roadside attraction.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A poetic monument to the Scottish Parliament.
Anstruther, Scotland
This short white tower is all that's left of Scotland's first permanently manned lighthouse.
Portsmouth, England
This striking observation tower shaped like a spinnaker sail is the newest icon in historic Portsmouth.
St John's, Isle of Man
An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Once designed as a natural history museum, this building is now home to a massive art gallery.
Ashbourne, England
These quintessentially English stepping stones were built for Victorian tourists.
Pendine, Wales
Several land speed world records were shattered at this Welsh beach.
Seton Mains, Scotland
The ruins of a 15th-century church once home to priests who prayed for a single family's salvation.
Richmond, England
At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This sculpture commemorates Edinburgh's sister city and their respective celebrity dogs.
Rutland, England
A locomotive that was captured as a prisoner of war is now recognized as a WWII memorial.
Bingley, England
A lavish Victorian mansion wound up inheriting a gruesome reputation that would be its demise.
Cornhill-on-Tweed, England
A father's love for his son has weathered the test of time in this whimsical garden of outsider art.
Herne Bay, England
Beachcombers have been populating this museum with artifacts ranging from prehistoric to barely historic since the 1930's.
Thursford, England
A large collection of steam engines, organs, and fairground attractions.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A giant sculpture of the legendary "Salmon of Knowledge" celebrates the return of fish to Belfast's River Lagan.
Egremont, United Kingdom
The rust covering this old mine's abandoned buildings matches the red pigment it once produced.
Sheffield, England
An enormous steel waterfall is a nod to the substance that shaped Britain's Steel City.
Haywards Heath, England
Nearly 2 billion seeds from 38,000 species are stored and processed at this visitable facility in a quiet corner of England.
England
No one is sure what to do with this WWII shipwreck that sits at the bottom of the Thames, still loaded with tons of explosives.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The rusting remnants of a flying boat lie scattered near the site of its fatal crash.
Glasgow, Scotland
Water-themed sculptures guard this unusually square structure.