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Brighton's Victorian Sewers
Permanently Closed

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.

The Mermaid Inn.

Rye, England

The Mermaid Inn

This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.

St. Leonard Church of Shoreditch

London, England

St. Leonard Church of Shoreditch

Historic church where a number of Shakespeare's actors are buried.

Scott Polar Research Institute Museum & Library

Cambridge, England

Scott Polar Research Institute Museum & Library

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

Half-filled

Ballycastle, Northern Ireland

Loughareema

The lake that fills and empties itself at random.

Severndroog Castle

London, England

Severndroog Castle

A monolithic monument in Greater London.

Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom Clock

Coventry, England

Lady Godiva and Peeping Tom Clock

Every hour on the hour a naked heroine and her leering foil appear from this giant cuckoo clock.

August 2023

Ballygalley, Northern Ireland

Cairndhu House

The ruins of a once-grand mansion in Northern Ireland are now thought to be haunted.

The Story Deli kitchen.

London, England

Story Deli

A movable feast that is an East London institution.

Rules

London, England

Rules

Classic game cookery takes center stage at what's widely considered London's oldest restaurant.

Charles Goodwyn, Keeper of the Royal Philatelic Collection, with copies of world's first stamp

London, England

The Royal Philatelic Collection

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 Model Village

Bourton-on-the-Water, England

Bourton-on-the-Water Model Village

A miniature village mimics the surrounding buildings so well it includes itself.

St Margarets Well

Oxford, England

Saint Margaret's Well

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."

Plane landing, Barra Airport.

Isle of Barra, Scotland

Barra Airport

This beach runway is off limits during high tide.

An 18th Century Persian astrolabe, an instrument that predicts locations of the sun, moon, planet, and stars. On display at the Whipple Museum.

Cambridge, England

Whipple Museum of the History of Science

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

Brighton Beach Flint Sculpture Garden

Brighton, England

Brighton Beach Flint Grotto

One fisherman has used his love of pebbles and shore to create a crazy garden of rocky art.

James Clerk Maxwell Foundation

Edinburgh, Scotland

James Clerk Maxwell Foundation

Small museum dedicated to the founder of electromagnetic theory.

Ravenglass Roman Bath House

Ravenglass, England

Ravenglass Roman Bath House

These Roman ruins in England’s Lake District are 2,000 years old, but look pretty good for their age.

Blantyre Carvings

Blantyre, Scotland

Blantyre Carvings

These mysterious religious carvings were once thought to be thousands of years old but are actually the work of modern eccentric.

Lodge Moor POW Camp Ruins

Sheffield, England

Lodge Moor POW Camp Ruins

A brick foundation and piles of listing building materials are all that remains of this World War II POW camp.

John Harrison's H1 marine timepiece

London, England

John Harrison's Marine Chronometers

The handiwork of a underdog clockmaker who solved an impossible problem for an Empire, and forever revolutionized seafaring.

Chasing a Double Glucester cheese

Gloucester, England

Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling

Every year locals tumble 650 feet down to the bottom of the hill chasing a Double Gloucester cheese.

Vandalian Tower

South Harting, England

Vandalian Tower

This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."

Leighton Library

Dunblane, Scotland

Leighton Library

The oldest library in Scotland was built from the remains of a church to hold a churchman's library.

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