Brighton, England
Brighton's Victorian Sewers
To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.
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Brighton, England
To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.
Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
London, England
Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.
Cambridge, England
An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.
Ballycastle, Northern Ireland
The lake that fills and empties itself at random.
London, England
A monolithic monument in Greater London.
Coventry, England
Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.
Ballygalley, Northern Ireland
The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.
London, England
A movable feast that is an East London institution.
London, England
Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.
London, England
The British monarchy's stamp collection is one of the most impressive in all of Europe revealing generations of royal nerdery.
Bourton-on-the-Water, England
A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.
Oxford, England
The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
Cambridge, England
A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.
Brighton, England
One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.
Ravenglass, England
These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.
Blantyre, Scotland
These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.
Sheffield, England
A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.
London, England
The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.
Gloucester, England
Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.
South Harting, England
This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."
Dunblane, Scotland
The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.