Glossop, England
B-29 'Over Exposed' Crash Site
The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.
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Glossop, England
The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.
Plymouth, England
Overlooking the spot where the Pilgrims boarded the Mayflower stands Devon's answer to the Colossus of Rhodes.
Brighton, England
This monumental gateway marks the northern edge of Brighton and is a welcome sign to all visitors to the seaside city.
Woodhall Spa, England
This tiny shoe shop claims to be the smallest store of its kind in Britain.
London, England
Above an abandoned Underground station, this charming bookstore is home to strange antiquities and literary works.
Larne, Northern Ireland
The artwork immortalizes one of 20th-century Ireland's leading creatives.
Ballygalley, Northern Ireland
Hidden in Carnfunnock Country Park is a lasting testament to the Normans who once settled in the region.
Hope Valley, England
These crude contraptions were used to aid in the mining of lead, silver and gold.
Islandmagee, Northern Ireland
This Bronze Age tomb makes the most unusual front garden fixture.
Sandgate, England
In a small Kentish seaside stands the former home of one of the greatest science-fiction writers.
Bovington, England
This historic home of the author of Lawrence of Arabia, has a history of literary celebrities and monogrammed sleeping bags.
Bolsover, England
This restored 17th century "conduit house," often mistaken for a watchtower, actually supplied water to nearby Bolsover Castle.
Welford-on-Avon, England
One of the tallest maypoles remaining in England in one of its smaller villages.
Ipswich, England
A surprisingly approachable statue of the man who dominated King Henry VIII's government.
Glynn, Northern Ireland
A former watering trough turned local heritage site.
Isle of Wight, England
The now-quiet remains of coastal artillery defenses that were used in both World Wars.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Robotic car thieves, freakish animals and huge neon floats in Northern Ireland's capital.
Birmingham, England
An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.
Totnes, England
One could not be blamed for literally walking all over this supposed landmark.
High Wycombe, England
17th-century tradition of public weighing is met with boos or cheers depending on the Mayor's weight.
Peebles, Scotland
A small literary museum remembers the life and works of the author of The Thirty-Nine Steps.
Lincolnshire, England
This former Victorian bathhouse was all the rage during the mid-19th century and put Woodhall on the map.
London, England
London's Victorian Tower of Babel.
Gilsland, England
In the middle of a barren moorland, the remnants of a lost British Space Age stand like a 20th-century Stonehenge.