Lee-on-the-Solent, England
Hovercraft Museum
A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.
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Lee-on-the-Solent, England
A museum in south England celebrates the amphibious vehicles that cruise on a cushion of air.
Delabole, England
Britain's oldest and biggest hole in the ground.
Tudeley, England
This medieval church is the only one in the world that features all Marc Chagall stained-glass windows.
Winchester, England
Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.
Brighton, England
Half-drowned wooden stumps and stone blocks are all that remain of a Victorian landing that was destroyed by storms.
London, England
A building that survived WWII, possibly on the virtue of its name alone.
Treen, England
A legendary rocking stone, returned to its clifftop perch.
London, England
A high-end clothing boutique with a curious basement art installation.
Mungasdale, Scotland
Fifty years of contamination in Scotland's waters.
Wadebridge, England
This remote castle was built to be a wealthy businessman's palace of vice but is now simply a historic vacation cottage.
Cushendun, Northern Ireland
A memorial to a goat culled during a foot and mouth disease outbreak guards a series of fantastical caves.
Lewes, England
Both church and state get put to the torch in this annual festival in the "Bonfire Capital of the World."
Town End, England
A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.
Bradwell-on-Sea, England
Constructed during the 7th century this is one of the oldest largely intact Christian churches in England.
Redruth, England
A 14th century castle built on the seat of a mighty giant.
Ballymena, Northern Ireland
A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.
Northchurch, England
"The Most Wonderful Wonder that ever appeared to the Wonder of the British Nation."
Ratlinghope, England
A quiet country churchyard holds a monument to the last known sin-eater in England.
Brampton Bierlow, England
A folly built to satisfy a gentleman's bet that he could drive his horses through the eye of a needle.
Oxford, England
This battery powered bell has been ringing since 1840 and is one of the worlds longest running science experiments.
Gainford, England
This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.
Reading, England
This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.
Cobham, England
Amazing collection of folly buildings in Cobham, Surrey.
Gosport, England
This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.